Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, IT and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.37%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 3.40% or 38.80 points to trade at 1180.95 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 3.29% or 8.30 points to end at 260.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 2.37% or 10.25 points to 443.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 2.41% or 10.80 points to trade at 436.70 in late trade. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 2.10% or 39.65 points to end at 1845.25 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 1.80% or 41.15 points to 2251.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 3.57% to 1181.75, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 2.48% to settle at 443.70 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.31% to close at 327.65.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 2.30% to 1842.85 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.85% to settle at 2251.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.75% to 2156.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.30% to 13.7000.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.05% or 16.95 to $1637.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.43% or 0.77 to hit $53.11 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 0.91 to trade at $58.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 71.815, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 77.5780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 99.627.