Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, IT and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 3.52% or 12.60 points to trade at 371.20 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 2.54% or 7.60 points to end at 308.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 1.92% or 6.05 points to 324.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which fell 6.20% or 32.20 points to trade at 486.80 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 4.54% or 51.55 points to end at 1086.65 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) was down 3.46% or 5.90 points to 163.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.94% to 308.05, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.09% to settle at 322.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 0.88% to close at 384.80.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 6.10% to 487.30 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 4.07% to settle at 1086.05 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 3.70% to 164.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 789 to 768 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1213 fell and 1179 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.34% to 26.3350 a new 3-years high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1286.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.62% or 0.38 to hit $62.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.29% to 69.859, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 78.4480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.130.