Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 1.49% or 2.15 points to trade at 146.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.14% or 17.75 points to end at 1580.80 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 1.11% or 48.45 points to 4404.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 2.24% or 629.85 points to trade at 27504.60 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.56% or 12.55 points to end at 792.85 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was down 1.55% or 190.85 points to 12109.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.19% to 1581.25, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.14% to settle at 2110.90 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 0.85% to close at 17727.95.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.51% to 232.30 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.49% to settle at 12116.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.46% to 630.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 859 to 830 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1622 rose and 1464 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) rose to all time highs; up 1.14% or 17.75 to 1580.80. Shares in Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) rose to all time highs; up 1.11% or 48.45 to 4404.60. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.19% or 18.65 to 1581.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.33% to 13.0450.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 5.15 to $1758.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.14% or 0.83 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.62 to trade at $74.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 74.328, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 88.3570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.097.