Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NSE:ONGC), which rose 4.39% or 11.90 points to trade at 282.85 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) added 2.69% or 10.30 points to end at 393.40 and Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) was up 2.13% or 2.70 points to 129.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL), which lost 5.77% or 16.30 points to trade at 266.15 in late trade. Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) declined 3.87% or 16.70 points to end at 414.70 and State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) shed 2.68% or 7.75 points to 281.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 4.42% to 282.30, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.52% to settle at 392.55 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.01% to close at 129.45.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 5.81% to 265.80 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 3.61% to settle at 415.55 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.38% to 281.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 827 to 618 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 437 fell and 321 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.22% to 14.9100.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.40 to $1090.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.24% or 0.10 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $49.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 63.816, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 69.7150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.89.