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India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.24%

Published 09/07/2021, 11:45
Updated 09/07/2021, 16:13
India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.24%

India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.24%

Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 4.22% or 520.85 points to trade at 12854.75 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 4.17% or 49.60 points to end at 1239.35 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 2.36% or 16.80 points to 728.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 2.00% or 81.40 points to trade at 3995.90 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.55% or 50.35 points to end at 3208.15 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) shed 1.21% or 18.45 points to 1502.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 4.16% to 1239.20, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 3.55% to settle at 12769.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.05% to close at 535.95.

The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.99% to 3995.05 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.52% to settle at 3207.75 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.08% to 1503.70 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 961 to 718 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1816 rose and 1231 declined, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.55% to 12.9425.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.47% or 8.45 to $1808.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.28% or 1.66 to hit $74.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.44 to trade at $75.56 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.26% to 74.534, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 88.4165.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.248.

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