Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 1.80% or 31.60 points to trade at 1,789.65 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 0.62% or 2.90 points to end at 473.15 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 0.60% or 17.45 points to 2,949.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 4.97% or 8.26 points to trade at 158.10 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 4.79% or 44.65 points to end at 886.80 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 4.12% or 13.10 points to 305.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.71% to 1,789.30, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.67% to settle at 2,950.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 0.62% to close at 473.00.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.90% to 158.20 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 4.63% to settle at 887.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.58% to 1,485.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1908 to 348 and 20 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2881 fell and 890 advanced, while 86 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.17% to 14.82 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.63% or 40.10 to $2,416.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.28 to hit $81.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.19 to trade at $84.92 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.67, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 91.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.06.