Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 2.83% or 36.00 points to trade at 1,308.70 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 1.91% or 93.50 points to end at 4,992.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 1.51% or 48.95 points to 3,297.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 6.83% or 163.70 points to trade at 2,233.55 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 4.20% or 31.30 points to end at 714.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 3.70% or 13.80 points to 359.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.76% to 1,308.45, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.92% to settle at 4,993.60 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.60% to close at 856.25.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.48% to 554.70 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.44% to settle at 250.00 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.35% to 109.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1443 to 498 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2185 fell and 1149 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.71% to 11.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.65 to $1,927.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.61% or 1.12 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 1.05 to trade at $73.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 82.03, while EUR/INR fell 0.76% to 89.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 102.65.