Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.45% or 12.55 points to trade at 525.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.28% or 2.15 points to end at 169.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 1.18% or 10.40 points to 893.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 2.15% or 59.75 points to trade at 2721.75 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 1.81% or 9.80 points to end at 530.30 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 1.79% or 2.45 points to 134.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.21% to 894.05, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.06% to settle at 3236.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 0.90% to close at 1176.15.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.83% to 530.20 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.73% to settle at 841.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.72% to 134.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1054 to 745 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1679 fell and 1560 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.18% or 10.40 to 893.95. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.21% or 10.65 to 894.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.37% to 18.8975.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.54% or 9.70 to $1813.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.57% or 1.42 to hit $91.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 1.30 to trade at $92.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 74.700, while EUR/INR rose 0.38% to 85.6935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.250.