Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.74%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 1.06% or 45.85 points to trade at 4,359.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 0.98% or 12.25 points to end at 1,264.90 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 0.91% or 22.85 points to 2,536.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which fell 3.01% or 99.55 points to trade at 3,211.55 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 2.98% or 22.35 points to end at 728.35 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 2.79% or 33.95 points to 1,181.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 1.06% to 1,264.95, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 0.94% to settle at 2,537.25 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 0.57% to close at 19,872.40.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.97% to 3,212.00 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.81% to settle at 1,181.80 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.63% to 1,429.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1277 to 638 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1988 fell and 1385 advanced, while 125 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.28% to 15.02.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 1.15 to $1,841.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.75% or 0.55 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.51 to trade at $79.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.76, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 87.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 105.17.