Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 1.63% or 14.15 points to trade at 884.45 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 0.87% or 2.55 points to end at 294.45 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was up 0.61% or 2.35 points to 390.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 4.85% or 11.85 points to trade at 230.90 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 4.82% or 33.10 points to end at 654.00 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) shed 4.35% or 16.40 points to 360.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 1.00% to 294.05, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 0.12% to settle at 253.90 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 0.45% to close at 268.25.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.70% to 654.55 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 3.49% to settle at 1184.90 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.83% to 817.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1401 to 164 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2045 fell and 485 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 10.12% to 12.8100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 5.25 to $1300.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $56.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 64.781, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 77.6021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.74.