Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Metals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.81%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 3.51% or 72.50 points to trade at 2149.65 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 2.81% or 156.75 points to end at 5729.80 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 2.97% or 20.10 points to 692.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 4.00% or 22.15 points to trade at 533.05 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 3.52% or 9.80 points to end at 268.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 2.77% or 8.20 points to 286.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.22% to 1604.10, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.99% to settle at 1294.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.23% to close at 1936.70.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 3.54% to 1316.05 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 3.21% to settle at 286.40 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.21% to 464.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1192 to 409 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1807 fell and 734 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.54% to 14.1500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.30 to $1286.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 68.045, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 80.1803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.