
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto, Oil&Gas and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 0.97% or 10.60 points to trade at 1,103.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 0.96% or 23.70 points to end at 2,483.70 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 0.92% or 28.40 points to 3,100.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 2.56% or 32.20 points to trade at 1,227.15 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.66% or 61.20 points to end at 3,632.95 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 1.66% or 2.80 points to 165.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 0.99% to 2,483.25, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.86% to settle at 3,098.65 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 0.77% to close at 1,101.30.
The worst performers were Mahindra&Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.46% to 1,227.25 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.57% to settle at 8,844.95 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.53% to 6,786.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1165 to 710 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1966 fell and 1409 advanced, while 123 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.28% to 14.39 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 3.95 to $1,766.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.09 to trade at $89.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 81.69, while EUR/INR rose 0.37% to 84.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 106.37.
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