Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.34%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which rose 1.76% or 12.55 points to trade at 726.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 1.50% or 99.25 points to end at 6,710.90 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 1.03% or 28.30 points to 2,764.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 2.78% or 87.80 points to trade at 3,068.00 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.00% or 39.20 points to end at 1,920.10 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was down 1.95% or 107.45 points to 5,398.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 0.93% to 1,700.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 0.81% to settle at 1,731.85 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 0.80% to close at 2,709.50.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.76% to 3,069.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.05% to settle at 1,918.95 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.39% to 1,870.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1247 to 1228 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1951 rose and 1829 declined, while 103 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.63% to 13.09.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 13.25 to $2,692.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $70.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.20 to trade at $74.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 84.02, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 91.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 103.06.