Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.61%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which rose 2.20% or 436.40 points to trade at 20,241.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 1.24% or 31.95 points to end at 2,615.45 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 1.23% or 12.05 points to 992.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 6.71% or 73.85 points to trade at 1,027.50 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 3.62% or 38.85 points to end at 1,035.30 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 3.14% or 50.85 points to 1,569.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 2.24% to 20,247.05, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.20% to settle at 2,614.20 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.20% to close at 992.75.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 6.72% to 1,027.30 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 3.58% to settle at 1,035.50 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 3.15% to 1,568.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1380 to 527 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2223 fell and 1165 advanced, while 121 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.60% to 13.48.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 3.45 to $1,804.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.80% or 0.57 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.35 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 82.29, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 86.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.72.