Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto, Banking and Green Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.53% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.20% or 2.80 points to trade at 129.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 1.01% or 10.90 points to end at 1091.05 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 0.82% or 1.80 points to 221.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 4.39% or 26.20 points to trade at 571.30 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 4.20% or 145.65 points to end at 3323.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 3.84% or 707.00 points to 17664.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.32% to 130.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 0.61% to settle at 206.60 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 0.55% to close at 2076.95.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 4.36% to 571.35 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 4.16% to settle at 73.65 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 4.16% to 3322.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1274 to 321 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1797 fell and 643 advanced, while 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.39% or 26.20 to 571.30. Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.84% or 707.00 to 17664.00. Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.36% or 26.05 to 571.35.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.51% to 12.5150.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.74% or 10.55 to $1438.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.37% or 0.76 to hit $56.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.04 to trade at $62.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 68.891, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 77.4095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 96.657.