Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 2.67% to hit a new 6-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 2.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 2.16% or 15.30 points to trade at 724.60 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 1.13% or 8.80 points to end at 792.10 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.70% or 35.20 points to 2102.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 24.50% or 53.20 points to trade at 165.10 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 19.60% or 64.90 points to end at 265.30 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 16.25% or 22.80 points to 118.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.19% to 721.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.88% to settle at 2103.10 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.36% to close at 1609.90.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 15.93% to 146.95 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 6.31% to settle at 1049.85 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 5.36% to 299.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1281 to 336 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1896 fell and 655 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.32% to 19.7325 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.10 to $1205.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $74.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 74.030, while EUR/INR rose 0.20% to 84.9505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.52.