Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.81% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 3.80% or 10.30 points to trade at 281.20 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.14% or 11.45 points to end at 376.50 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 2.70% or 4.15 points to 158.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 29.04% or 92.70 points to trade at 226.50 in late trade. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 8.38% or 97.10 points to end at 1062.15 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 4.27% or 106.65 points to 2379.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 1.95% to 180.10, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 1.38% to settle at 337.35 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.37% to close at 303.75.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 28.71% to 227.05 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.86% to settle at 1179.65 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.68% to 132.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1365 to 277 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2046 fell and 546 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 10.92% to 15.5350 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1209.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.46 to hit $70.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.76 to trade at $79.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.66% to 72.195, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 84.9465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.62.