Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.67%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 4.20% or 15.95 points to trade at 395.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 2.12% or 24.90 points to end at 1202.20 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.07% or 81.45 points to 4014.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which fell 9.56% or 97.60 points to trade at 923.25 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 3.71% or 18.10 points to end at 470.15 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 2.88% or 15.15 points to 511.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.23% to 1200.90, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.85% to settle at 223.50 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 1.83% to close at 381.80.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 9.60% to 923.10 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 3.81% to settle at 470.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.01% to 173.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 991 to 550 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1513 fell and 966 advanced, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.12% or 24.90 to 1202.20. Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.23% or 26.25 to 1200.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.60% to 14.5700.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 8.04 to $1300.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $51.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 64.125, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 75.3100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.44.