India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.82%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology , Banking and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.82%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.97%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC ), which rose 5.21% or 12.82 points to trade at 258.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO ) added 3.31% or 25.35 points to end at 790.40 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN ) was up 1.85% or 62.70 points to 3,451.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ), which fell 3.08% or 9.35 points to trade at 294.45 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK ) declined 2.48% or 44.55 points to end at 1,749.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML ) was down 2.17% or 37.50 points to 1,689.45.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO ) which rose 3.14% to 788.95, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST ) which was up 1.51% to settle at 2,233.35 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN ) which gained 1.48% to close at 3,441.65.

The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which was down 2.75% to 295.30 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK ) which lost 2.50% to settle at 1,748.50 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML ) which was down 2.23% to 1,689.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1131 to 1097 and 164 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2021 rose and 1779 declined, while 114 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.09% to 13.59.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.99 to $2,668.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.96 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.22 to trade at $75.71 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.03% to 85.79, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 88.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 108.90.

Source: Investing.com