Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB), which rose 3.25% or 39.30 points to trade at 1249.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 2.28% or 15.95 points to end at 714.90 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 2.27% or 507.70 points to 22832.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which fell 3.98% or 19.45 points to trade at 468.65 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 3.69% or 31.15 points to end at 813.50 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 2.61% or 1.95 points to 72.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 1.40% to 202.45, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.23% to settle at 927.70 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.01% to close at 3168.00.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.50% to 971.45 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.18% to settle at 2283.60 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.18% to 469.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 911 to 575 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1516 fell and 1163 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.91% to 14.9125.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.28% or 3.30 to $1178.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.47 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.47 to trade at $57.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.38% to 67.996, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 72.0476.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 101.58.