Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 0.88% or 8.45 points to trade at 967.60 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 0.80% or 2.35 points to end at 295.75 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 0.80% or 5.90 points to 740.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 5.85% or 17.30 points to trade at 278.20 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 3.55% or 148.90 points to end at 4026.30 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 3.80% or 7.30 points to 184.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 0.88% to 741.55, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 0.85% to settle at 295.75 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 0.51% to close at 1304.00.
The worst performers were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 5.69% to 278.70 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 3.67% to settle at 340.10 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.21% to 190.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1111 to 492 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1713 fell and 890 advanced, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.21% to 15.2200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.22% or 2.90 to $1320.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $61.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $65.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 64.955, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 80.0833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.94.