Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Green Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.99% or 10.25 points to trade at 352.85 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 2.41% or 32.95 points to end at 1402.50 and HDFC Bank Ltd . (NS:HDBK) was up 2.36% or 34.45 points to 1496.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 2.49% or 16.35 points to trade at 639.60 in late trade. Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) declined 2.48% or 4.45 points to end at 175.20 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 1.93% or 6.40 points to 326.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which rose 2.38% to 1496.75, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.22% to settle at 1399.75 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.83% to close at 166.70.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.41% to 640.05 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 1.84% to settle at 563.40 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.81% to 274.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 793 to 782 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1405 rose and 1386 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.19% to 11.4225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1284.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $53.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 64.610, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 69.1019.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.82.