Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which rose 3.31% or 57.15 points to trade at 1785.35 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 3.14% or 56.00 points to end at 1841.85 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.71% or 26.30 points to 997.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 5.93% or 155.40 points to trade at 2464.95 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 4.16% or 46.15 points to end at 1063.90 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 3.72% or 21.30 points to 550.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.20% to 1783.80, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.63% to settle at 997.85 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which gained 0.90% to close at 396.10.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 6.08% to 2462.05 in late trade, Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which lost 4.34% to settle at 1062.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.89% to 550.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 819 to 740 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1349 fell and 1218 advanced, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.71% to 11.1375.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.36 to $1258.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.21 to trade at $51.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 64.170, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 75.1151.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.61.