Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Auto and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 1.94% or 4.55 points to trade at 239.45 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.43% or 2.45 points to end at 173.65 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.04% or 1.70 points to 165.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which fell 5.88% or 42.70 points to trade at 683.60 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 5.20% or 26.00 points to end at 474.35 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 4.23% or 17.55 points to 397.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 1.25% to 173.55, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 0.98% to settle at 165.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.84% to close at 1155.25.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 5.13% to 474.75 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 4.12% to settle at 396.95 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.17% to 416.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1285 to 263 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1939 fell and 571 advanced, while 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.94% or 4.55 to 239.45. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) fell to 3-years lows; down 5.20% or 26.00 to 474.35. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.13% or 25.65 to 474.75. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.17% or 13.65 to 416.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.34% to 13.4525 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.84% or 10.64 to $1273.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.28 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.31 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 63.800, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 74.9459.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.43.