Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.29% or 104.45 points to trade at 3283.15 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 1.54% or 26.45 points to end at 1749.20 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 1.24% or 6.05 points to 494.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which lost 1.54% or 70.50 points to trade at 4506.45 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.42% or 33.80 points to end at 2339.35 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) shed 1.17% or 33.30 points to 2808.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.25% to 3281.90, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.25% to settle at 494.70 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.02% to close at 859.70.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.39% to 2340.45 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 1.12% to settle at 2809.95 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.92% to 687.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1117 to 657 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2046 rose and 1134 declined, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.27% to 16.0600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.29% or 5.15 to $1771.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $71.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.26 to trade at $74.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 75.697, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 85.3185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.385.