Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.75% or 4.85 points to trade at 134.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 1.76% or 24.10 points to end at 1394.70 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 1.03% or 15.05 points to 1471.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 3.00% or 9.75 points to trade at 316.10 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 2.72% or 4.90 points to end at 175.40 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 3.12% or 12.15 points to 378.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.67% to 134.05, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.54% to settle at 1394.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 1.08% to close at 1470.70.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.80% to 86.75 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 2.47% to settle at 175.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.44% to 1342.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1054 to 545 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1626 fell and 963 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.51% to 16.2750.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.25 to $1312.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.95% or 0.57 to hit $59.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.75 to trade at $67.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 68.945, while EUR/INR fell 0.27% to 78.0300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.090.