India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.18%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO ), which rose 3.06% or 24.25 points to trade at 816.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA ) added 2.34% or 207.95 points to end at 9,099.90 and Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK ) was up 1.56% or 18.15 points to 1,184.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE ), which fell 1.41% or 18.00 points to trade at 1,259.05 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL ) declined 1.39% or 20.85 points to end at 1,477.40 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI ) was down 1.08% or 17.50 points to 1,597.85.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO ) which rose 3.19% to 817.80, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK ) which was up 1.46% to settle at 1,184.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which gained 1.24% to close at 11,319.00.

The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which was down 1.01% to 1,597.00 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK ) which lost 0.95% to settle at 988.50 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN ) which was down 0.91% to 2,430.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1423 to 1037 and 172 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2289 rose and 1524 declined, while 97 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.72% to 14.13 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 10.21 to $2,658.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.60% or 0.41 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $71.61 a barrel.

USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 84.69, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 89.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.81.

Source: Investing.com