Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 6.14% or 17.800 points to trade at 307.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.96% or 9.40 points to end at 198.85 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was up 3.53% or 17.70 points to 519.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which fell 2.21% or 478.25 points to trade at 21130.00 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) declined 2.04% or 28.50 points to end at 1370.50 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was down 1.55% or 3.55 points to 225.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 3.47% to 520.35, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.04% to settle at 1258.45 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.44% to close at 685.80.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.89% to 1371.35 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 1.34% to settle at 1014.50 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.98% to 261.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 798 to 692 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1402 fell and 1354 advanced, while 161 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.96% or 9.40 to 198.85. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.04% or 25.20 to 1258.45.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.07% to 13.3525.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.32% or 3.95 to $1228.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.82 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.25 to trade at $55.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 66.831, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 70.3988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.04.