Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 4.28% or 15.45 points to trade at 379.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 3.44% or 49.15 points to end at 1483.40 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was up 1.94% or 41.40 points to 2184.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 5.08% or 20.30 points to trade at 380.80 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 4.50% or 28.85 points to end at 611.70 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was down 5.45% or 35.15 points to 617.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.42% to 1477.15, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.06% to settle at 1728.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.84% to close at 2177.00.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.87% to 1361.45 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 3.86% to settle at 72.20 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.17% to 151.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1124 to 456 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1557 fell and 802 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.86% or 2.90 to 72.20. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.17% or 4.95 to 151.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.97% to 12.7600.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 4.45 to $1426.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $56.82 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 69.010, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 76.9255.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.365.