Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Capital Goods and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 1.90% or 68.10 points to trade at 3,652.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 1.34% or 9.80 points to end at 743.25 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 0.87% or 6.25 points to 721.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which fell 3.61% or 94.60 points to trade at 2,523.90 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 2.42% or 38.00 points to end at 1,530.55 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was down 1.87% or 141.50 points to 7,415.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 0.77% to 4,360.90, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.76% to settle at 3,046.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 0.73% to close at 2,596.70.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 3.59% to 2,524.60 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.35% to settle at 1,532.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.79% to 7,419.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1224 to 591 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2004 fell and 1290 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.09% to 23.43.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.58% or 11.30 to $1,950.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.64% or 1.84 to hit $110.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 1.41 to trade at $117.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 76.22, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 83.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 98.70.