Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Oil & Gas and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.35%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 4.82% or 15.75 points to trade at 341.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 3.61% or 21.60 points to end at 618.90 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.30% or 18.30 points to 817.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 4.82% or 1019.40 points to trade at 20158.70 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 3.87% or 9.05 points to end at 225.10 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was down 3.90% or 5.25 points to 129.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 2.18% to 154.75, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.88% to settle at 2068.60 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.76% to close at 1920.00.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.84% to 133.60 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.60% to settle at 268.25 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.51% to 176.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 996 to 588 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1496 fell and 958 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.30% or 18.30 to 817.20. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.84% or 3.90 to 133.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.13% to 15.7300.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.85 to $1314.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.05% or 0.56 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 0.86 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.43% to 70.835, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 80.1875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.588.