Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 3.34% or 24.95 points to trade at 771.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.12% or 22.25 points to end at 735.45 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.08% or 27.50 points to 919.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which fell 3.37% or 36.05 points to trade at 1032.20 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 3.20% or 14.85 points to end at 449.75 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 2.80% or 37.40 points to 1298.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.16% to 735.70, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.00% to settle at 919.65 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.16% to close at 2549.40.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.38% to 1032.25 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.77% to settle at 1298.55 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.23% to 2401.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 888 to 854 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1672 rose and 1549 declined, while 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 3.12% or 22.25 to 735.45. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to all time highs; up 3.16% or 22.55 to 735.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.89% to 16.3050.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 4.20 to $1826.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.51 to hit $83.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.22 to trade at $84.56 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 74.377, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 86.1285.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.093.