Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Public Sector Undertakings and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 3.72% or 30.05 points to trade at 838.70 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.57% or 9.70 points to end at 386.65 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.44% or 59.00 points to 2468.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 4.54% or 24.25 points to trade at 508.70 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 3.76% or 11.80 points to end at 302.70 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 2.35% or 13.65 points to 562.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 1.34% to 1096.75, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.12% to settle at 1309.10 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.02% to close at 3133.45.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.80% to 154.60 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.48% to settle at 523.90 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.29% to 270.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1221 to 393 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1782 fell and 768 advanced, while 125 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.62% to 12.3025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.70 to $1240.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.50 to trade at $73.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 68.464, while EUR/INR fell 0.47% to 79.5940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 94.93.