Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 5.62% or 226.80 points to trade at 4,265.65 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 3.82% or 62.80 points to end at 1,705.60 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 3.12% or 60.30 points to 1,995.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which lost 81.07% or 2,277.85 points to trade at 532.00 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 4.41% or 43.30 points to end at 937.60 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) shed 4.18% or 103.50 points to 2,374.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 5.66% to 4,265.00, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 3.63% to settle at 1,703.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 3.16% to close at 1,996.20.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 4.25% to 939.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.89% to settle at 307.85 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 3.43% to 10,881.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1950 to 284 and 142 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3021 fell and 767 advanced, while 92 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.36% to 14.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 17.76 to $2,708.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.44% or 1.80 to hit $75.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.42% or 1.86 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 86.00, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 88.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 109.00.