Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.50%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 10.43% or 386.20 points to trade at 4089.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 3.93% or 127.60 points to end at 3374.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 1.76% or 41.70 points to 2409.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 4.64% or 31.35 points to trade at 644.50 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 4.55% or 17.90 points to end at 375.40 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 4.41% or 119.70 points to 2596.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which rose 10.45% to 4094.10, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.51% to settle at 2402.90 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 0.88% to close at 5592.00.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 4.63% to 644.50 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 4.22% to settle at 2600.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.80% to 283.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1232 to 424 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1907 fell and 937 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) rose to all time highs; rising 10.43% or 386.20 to 4089.50. Shares in Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.93% or 127.60 to 3374.90. Shares in Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.45% or 387.50 to 4094.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.09% to 22.4225.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.83% or 15.40 to $1850.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.58% or 1.37 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.29 to trade at $54.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 72.954, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 88.7935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.190.