Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.06% or 24.25 points to trade at 816.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 2.34% or 207.95 points to end at 9,099.90 and Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 1.56% or 18.15 points to 1,184.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 1.41% or 18.00 points to trade at 1,259.05 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.39% or 20.85 points to end at 1,477.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.08% or 17.50 points to 1,597.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.19% to 817.80, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 1.46% to settle at 1,184.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.24% to close at 11,319.00.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.01% to 1,597.00 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.95% to settle at 988.50 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.91% to 2,430.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1423 to 1037 and 172 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2289 rose and 1524 declined, while 97 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.72% to 14.13 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 10.21 to $2,658.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.60% or 0.41 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 84.69, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 89.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.81.