Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 2.86% or 50.50 points to trade at 1815.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 1.58% or 7.60 points to end at 489.55 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 1.43% or 22.25 points to 1576.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 2.60% or 528.85 points to trade at 19839.60 at the close. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) declined 2.40% or 125.05 points to end at 5085.05 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.79% or 12.05 points to 662.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 2.94% to 1817.90, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.13% to settle at 2056.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.98% to close at 777.20.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 2.44% to 19876.65 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.72% to settle at 113.95 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.33% to 6784.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 960 to 721 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1713 rose and 1308 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 23.00 to 2056.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.26% to 14.4100.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.70 to $1800.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.36% or 0.93 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.81 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 73.573, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 86.9590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.672.