Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.28% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 3.94% or 97.70 points to trade at 2,577.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 3.01% or 24.35 points to end at 834.00 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 1.55% or 51.15 points to 3,349.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 2.17% or 65.05 points to trade at 2,926.00 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 2.09% or 4.85 points to end at 227.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 2.00% or 68.65 points to 3,367.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 0.75% to 2,556.70, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 0.98% to settle at 9,464.10 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 0.67% to close at 942.95.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.14% to 3,367.65 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.80% to settle at 1,210.30 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.59% to 1,388.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1185 to 798 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1989 fell and 1497 advanced, while 132 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.80% to 12.14 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 8.35 to $1,923.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $80.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $83.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.10, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 90.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.37.