Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty declined 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.79% or 4.85 points to trade at 132.80 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 3.56% or 23.65 points to end at 687.65 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 2.04% or 5.55 points to 277.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 6.68% or 7.15 points to trade at 99.95 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 4.39% or 15.35 points to end at 334.65 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) shed 4.08% or 60.00 points to 1410.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.83% to 132.70, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.04% to settle at 277.00 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.32% to close at 4269.50.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 6.41% to 100.00 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 4.30% to settle at 334.70 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 4.11% to 1411.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 986 to 465 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 529 fell and 235 advanced, while 13 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.69% to 17.8800.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1148.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $49.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 65.320, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 71.8610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.09.