Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.81%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 2.31% or 5.65 points to trade at 250.05 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 0.88% or 3.25 points to end at 374.65 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 0.66% or 1.65 points to 252.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 5.44% or 8.05 points to trade at 139.75 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 4.55% or 35.00 points to end at 735.65 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) shed 3.71% or 13.90 points to 361.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.07% to 150.70, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 0.28% to settle at 251.70 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 0.03% to close at 175.90.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 4.23% to 319.45 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 3.76% to settle at 361.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.49% to 7536.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1133 to 448 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1644 fell and 866 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 11.58% to 15.9925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.53% or 6.70 to $1261.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.57% or 0.26 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.62 to trade at $53.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 70.045, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 80.0740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 96.065.