Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 0.84% or 1.50 points to trade at 180.95 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 0.84% or 3.65 points to end at 435.85 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 0.68% or 58.05 points to 8,600.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 2.92% or 56.95 points to trade at 1,896.20 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 2.58% or 42.05 points to end at 1,588.65 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) shed 2.28% or 100.90 points to 4,317.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 0.76% to 8,607.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 0.75% to settle at 180.80 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.37% to close at 955.70.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 2.63% to 1,588.65 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.12% to settle at 547.25 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.09% to 2,613.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1218 to 677 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1996 fell and 1387 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.40% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.19% or 3.45 to $1,838.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.58% or 0.44 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.30 to trade at $81.29 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 82.04, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 86.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 105.19.