Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 2.72% or 29.70 points to trade at 1123.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.48% or 8.50 points to end at 350.55 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.40% or 18.85 points to 802.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 7.13% or 4.60 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 3.77% or 5.20 points to end at 132.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 4.29% or 15.05 points to 336.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.61% to 1121.80, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.18% to settle at 802.10 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.10% to close at 690.55.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 7.47% to 59.50 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 4.20% to settle at 53.60 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.06% to 132.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 999 to 568 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1526 fell and 912 advanced, while 136 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.15% to 16.8350.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1551.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.51% or 0.83 to hit $55.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.69 to trade at $59.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.41% to 71.817, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 79.6670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.012.