India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.10% By Investing.com

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the fell 0.10%, while the index declined 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the were Titan Company Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.31% or 137.65 points to trade at 2,730.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:) added 1.50% or 3.10 points to end at 209.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.04% or 12.50 points to 1,213.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.69% or 13.40 points to trade at 780.90 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:) declined 1.63% or 3.80 points to end at 229.70 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.52% or 4.75 points to 307.40.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.27% to 2,730.50, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.45% to settle at 209.30 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.06% to close at 1,213.40.

The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.37% to 1,239.25 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.29% to settle at 6,204.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.28% to 3,064.95 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1016 to 810 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1876 rose and 1419 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.60% to 18.81.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 3.50 to $1,717.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.21% or 1.07 to hit $89.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 1.06 to trade at $95.48 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.25% to 82.27, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 80.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 112.04.