Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 1.94% or 137.40 points to trade at 7210.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) fell 0.07% or 2.70 points to end at 3617.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 0.08% or 1.85 points to 2297.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 3.77% or 17.90 points to trade at 457.05 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.70% or 16.20 points to end at 421.90 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 3.51% or 10.30 points to 283.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 1.96% to 7210.00, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.02% to settle at 2300.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 0.11% to close at 3613.50.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.78% to 421.30 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 3.68% to settle at 457.10 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.05% to 206.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1117 to 493 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1654 fell and 992 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.05% to 22.1525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 7.65 to $1945.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.94% or 0.39 to hit $41.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.34 to trade at $44.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.36% to 73.127, while EUR/INR fell 0.38% to 86.6260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.790.