Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.05% or 44.50 points to trade at 1503.25 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.86% or 9.30 points to end at 334.95 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.84% or 335.80 points to 12155.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 2.09% or 372.60 points to trade at 17426.80 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.38% or 6.05 points to end at 433.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) shed 1.29% or 19.60 points to 1500.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 2.53% to 12120.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 2.24% to settle at 125.40 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.81% to close at 1537.60.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.97% to 17445.15 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 1.38% to settle at 433.60 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.25% to 1501.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 977 to 715 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1795 rose and 1246 declined, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.24% to 15.9400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 1.30 to $1872.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $69.01 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 73.023, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 88.4345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.558.