Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.15% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 2.80% or 26.05 points to trade at 957.40 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 2.18% or 7.30 points to end at 342.50 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.95% or 10.90 points to 569.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 5.62% or 16.40 points to trade at 276.00 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 5.24% or 11.35 points to end at 206.10 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) shed 3.64% or 10.85 points to 286.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 0.99% to 361.70, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 0.75% to settle at 1167.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.54% to close at 194.25.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.87% to 286.70 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 3.34% to settle at 501.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.90% to 234.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1343 to 278 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2043 fell and 569 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.95% to 15.5450.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.12% or 14.90 to $1342.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.26% or 0.17 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $68.99 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 65.055, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 80.1833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.31.