Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 4.11% or 26.50 points to trade at 670.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 2.78% or 49.25 points to end at 1820.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 1.00% or 11.65 points to 1171.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which fell 4.88% or 45.30 points to trade at 883.00 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 4.42% or 21.75 points to end at 470.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 4.09% or 5.95 points to 139.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.84% to 1821.70, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 0.96% to settle at 1171.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.82% to close at 209.95.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 4.89% to 883.25 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.55% to settle at 1794.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.43% to 2230.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1463 to 336 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2217 fell and 1027 advanced, while 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to all time highs; up 2.84% or 50.30 to 1821.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.78% to 16.3375.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 10.55 to $1808.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.02% or 1.46 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.47 to trade at $73.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 76.012, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 86.1465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.010.