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India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.23%
© Reuters. India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.23%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 0.98% or 1.25 points to trade at 129.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 0.85% or 6.70 points to end at 793.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 0.86% or 17.75 points to 2079.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 8.13% or 21.65 points to trade at 245.25 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 6.42% or 16.15 points to end at 236.85 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was down 4.03% or 167.20 points to 3979.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 1.03% to 2080.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 0.99% to settle at 793.25 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 0.84% to close at 707.90.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.46% to 1560.10 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 3.17% to settle at 413.75 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 2.79% to 1188.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1024 to 547 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1549 fell and 936 advanced, while 225 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) fell to 5-year lows; down 8.13% or 21.65 to 245.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.69% to 17.5800 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 2.05 to $1515.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.18 to trade at $57.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 70.972, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 77.9555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 98.472.
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