Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.79% or 4.85 points to trade at 132.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 3.56% or 23.65 points to end at 687.65 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 2.04% or 5.55 points to 277.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which fell 6.68% or 7.15 points to trade at 99.95 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 4.39% or 15.35 points to end at 334.65 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) was down 4.08% or 60.00 points to 1410.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.83% to 132.70, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.04% to settle at 277.00 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.32% to close at 4269.50.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 6.41% to 100.00 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 4.30% to settle at 334.70 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 4.11% to 1411.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 986 to 465 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 529 fell and 235 advanced, while 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.08% or 60.00 to 1410.75. Shares in Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.11% or 60.45 to 1411.15.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.69% to 17.8800.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1147.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $49.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 65.320, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 71.8610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.08.