Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 2.54% or 189.40 points to trade at 7636.05 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.05% or 18.25 points to end at 910.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 1.95% or 89.25 points to 4659.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 3.62% or 55.45 points to trade at 1477.85 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 3.42% or 4.70 points to end at 132.65 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 3.21% or 67.35 points to 2031.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 2.61% to 7632.75, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 2.12% to settle at 4670.05 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.49% to close at 7483.40.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.53% to 1478.75 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.05% to settle at 133.30 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 2.76% to 2040.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1005 to 732 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1355 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.72% to 17.4250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 5.85 to $1796.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.28 to hit $83.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.34 to trade at $84.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 74.896, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 87.2910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.490.