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India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.81%

Published 2019-12-06, 05:45 a/m
© Reuters.  India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.81%
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Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Auto and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.81%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.82%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 5.26% or 12.95 points to trade at 259.70 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 1.63% or 26.95 points to end at 1674.30 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 0.74% or 1.85 points to 254.10 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 10.47% or 6.50 points to trade at 56.00 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 5.35% or 18.00 points to end at 320.00 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 4.62% or 13.85 points to 287.70.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 1.48% to 1674.30, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 0.83% to settle at 402.95 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 0.30% to close at 1554.95.

The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 9.82% to 56.00 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 4.89% to settle at 319.80 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.05% to 1463.75 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1109 to 452 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1567 fell and 835 advanced, while 169 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.65% to 13.6400.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.75 to $1480.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.41 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.13% to 71.321, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 79.1305.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.415.

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