Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 0.85% or 31.60 points to trade at 3,770.70 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 0.76% or 68.60 points to end at 9,074.15 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 0.58% or 5.85 points to 1,019.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 3.72% or 59.70 points to trade at 1,544.35 in late trade. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 3.24% or 410.85 points to end at 12,271.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 2.51% or 7.10 points to 275.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 0.41% to 3,999.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 0.17% to settle at 2,531.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.17% to close at 1,550.00.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.64% to 1,545.60 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 3.17% to settle at 12,275.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.43% to 275.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1484 to 701 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2254 fell and 1442 advanced, while 96 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.83% to 11.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.88% or 44.65 to $2,417.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.39% or 1.18 to hit $86.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 1.11 to trade at $90.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 83.45, while EUR/INR fell 0.55% to 88.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 105.67.