Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Auto and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.53% or 15.00 points to trade at 608.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 2.36% or 105.00 points to end at 4,553.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 2.23% or 29.00 points to 1,331.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which fell 2.35% or 56.45 points to trade at 2,346.30 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.11% or 38.10 points to end at 1,769.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.99% or 14.30 points to 704.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.31% to 4,125.15, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1,330.50 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 0.86% to close at 251.95.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.36% to 2,346.20 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 2.25% to settle at 1,767.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.97% to 705.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1076 to 730 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1882 fell and 1411 advanced, while 121 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.81% to 24.75.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.61% or 11.70 to $1,933.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.40% or 2.62 to hit $111.89 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.70% or 3.12 to trade at $118.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 76.35, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 84.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 98.67.