Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which rose 1.88% or 7.75 points to trade at 419.75 at the close. Meanwhile, GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) added 1.84% or 1.55 points to end at 85.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 1.27% or 25.75 points to 2052.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 7.89% or 37.15 points to trade at 433.80 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 7.46% or 13.45 points to end at 166.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 3.43% or 12.85 points to 361.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 2.36% to 422.05, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.28% to settle at 2053.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.24% to close at 1019.65.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 7.89% to 433.90 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 3.46% to settle at 361.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.10% to 527.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 850 to 753 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1354 fell and 1199 advanced, while 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.24% or 12.45 to 1019.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.96% to 20.9900.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.63% or 11.95 to $1895.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.38% or 0.15 to hit $39.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.23 to trade at $41.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 73.489, while EUR/INR rose 0.00% to 86.0550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.043.