Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.45% or 12.55 points to trade at 525.20 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.28% or 2.15 points to end at 169.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 1.18% or 10.40 points to 893.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 2.15% or 59.75 points to trade at 2721.75 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.81% or 9.80 points to end at 530.30 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 1.79% or 2.45 points to 134.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.21% to 894.05, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.06% to settle at 3236.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 0.90% to close at 1176.15.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.83% to 530.20 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.73% to settle at 841.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.72% to 134.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1054 to 745 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1679 fell and 1560 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.37% to 18.8975.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.54% or 9.70 to $1813.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.57% or 1.42 to hit $91.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 1.30 to trade at $92.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 74.700, while EUR/INR rose 0.38% to 85.6935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.250.