Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 3.51% or 29.50 points to trade at 869.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 2.92% or 201.30 points to end at 7072.90 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.72% or 125.45 points to 7401.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which fell 4.98% or 13.65 points to trade at 260.50 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 4.60% or 17.50 points to end at 363.20 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 3.90% or 16.30 points to 404.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.78% to 7074.10, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.48% to settle at 1117.10 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.02% to close at 2012.75.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.40% to 320.65 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 2.37% to settle at 273.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.11% to 350.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1086 to 510 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1545 fell and 953 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) rose to all time highs; rising 1.72% or 125.45 to 7401.55. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.48% or 16.30 to 1117.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.87% to 18.7825 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1297.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.32 to trade at $69.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 69.127, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 77.2240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.575.