Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 4.11% or 26.50 points to trade at 670.80 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 2.78% or 49.25 points to end at 1820.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 1.00% or 11.65 points to 1171.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 4.88% or 45.30 points to trade at 883.00 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 4.42% or 21.75 points to end at 470.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 4.09% or 5.95 points to 139.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.84% to 1821.70, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 0.96% to settle at 1171.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.82% to close at 209.95.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 4.89% to 883.25 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.55% to settle at 1794.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.43% to 2230.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1463 to 336 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2217 fell and 1027 advanced, while 95 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.78% to 16.3375.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 10.55 to $1808.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.02% or 1.46 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.47 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 76.012, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 86.1465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.010.