Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which rose 2.96% or 2.05 points to trade at 71.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 1.14% or 3.60 points to end at 320.70 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 1.00% or 13.45 points to 1360.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK), which fell 7.26% or 35.10 points to trade at 448.70 at the close. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) declined 3.76% or 11.10 points to end at 284.25 and Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) was down 3.75% or 6.00 points to 154.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.31% to 320.70, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.60% to settle at 965.80 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 0.59% to close at 255.45.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 6.86% to 450.50 in late trade, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which lost 3.59% to settle at 284.40 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.83% to 251.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1163 to 328 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1812 fell and 840 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.13% to 15.7900.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.55 to $1198.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.23% or 0.64 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.61 to trade at $54.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 68.207, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 72.5177.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 101.40.