Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.82% or 13.45 points to trade at 491.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 1.69% or 17.15 points to end at 1,029.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 1.61% or 111.70 points to 7,032.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 3.46% or 27.45 points to trade at 765.40 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.79% or 30.10 points to end at 1,048.60 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was down 2.56% or 89.50 points to 3,412.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.65% to 1,028.25, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.58% to settle at 7,034.10 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 1.37% to close at 1,590.80.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.46% to 765.40 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.89% to settle at 2,593.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.27% to 2,525.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 974 to 918 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1818 rose and 1548 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.48% to 15.44.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.58% or 10.80 to $1,887.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.32 to trade at $80.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 81.69, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 87.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.05.