Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 0.07% or 2.55 points to trade at 3,498.45 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 0.00% or 0.05 points to end at 2,483.05 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) was down 0.22% or 4.10 points to 1,821.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 7.33% or 62.80 points to trade at 794.10 in late trade. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 5.85% or 226.35 points to end at 3,642.20 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 5.70% or 25.95 points to 429.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which unchanged 0.00% to 2,483.10, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 0.24% to settle at 1,821.50 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.56% to close at 1,225.95.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.97% to 102.20 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 3.27% to settle at 573.95 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 3.07% to 1,497.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1822 to 127 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3004 fell and 456 advanced, while 62 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.40% to 16.16 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 10.20 to $1,805.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.91% or 1.48 to hit $78.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.43% or 1.97 to trade at $82.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 82.81, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 87.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 103.93.