Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 3.88% or 20.55 points to trade at 550.60 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.29% or 170.20 points to end at 7,598.50 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.13% or 39.60 points to 1,894.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which lost 1.57% or 29.45 points to trade at 1,846.50 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.39% or 20.50 points to end at 1,452.10 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) shed 1.28% or 9.15 points to 705.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 3.80% to 550.00, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 2.36% to settle at 1,897.20 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.25% to close at 7,592.40.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.15% to 513.10 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.88% to settle at 1,632.05 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.78% to 401.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1529 to 984 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2358 rose and 1432 declined, while 102 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.06% to 12.52 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 14.45 to $2,595.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.26% or 0.87 to hit $69.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.75 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.91, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 93.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 101.00.