Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.78%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 6.70% or 17.20 points to trade at 276.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.25% or 8.40 points to end at 382.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 1.12% or 4.90 points to 442.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 7.88% or 24.50 points to trade at 293.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 2.21% or 1.55 points to end at 68.30 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 2.55% or 53.15 points to 2035.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.28% to 442.30, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 0.70% to settle at 1274.25 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 0.35% to close at 115.95.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.79% to 71.30 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 2.50% to settle at 68.30 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.37% to 2036.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 806 to 757 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1262 fell and 1179 advanced, while 171 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.64% to 13.8975 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 2.05 to $1462.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $58.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.24 to trade at $63.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 71.745, while EUR/INR rose 0.31% to 78.9450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.330.