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 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 5.87% or 41.40 points to trade at 746.55 at the close. Meanwhile, GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) added 4.92% or 18.30 points to end at 390.35 and ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) was up 3.03% or 51.55 points to 1755.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC), which fell 2.06% or 7.85 points to trade at 373.10 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 2.00% or 48.95 points to end at 2397.45 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was down 1.69% or 7.75 points to 451.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 4.85% to 389.35, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.02% to settle at 167.05 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.04% to close at 291.60.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.85% to 2398.80 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.78% to settle at 259.50 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.42% to 451.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1036 to 521 and 12 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1647 fell and 979 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.03% or 51.55 to 1755.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.67% to 11.1725.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 2.28 to $1219.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.37 to trade at $48.79 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 64.463, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 73.5731.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.46.