Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.96%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 3.91% or 6.40 points to trade at 170.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 1.97% or 10.05 points to end at 520.85 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.93% or 3.10 points to 163.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 2.80% or 760.55 points to trade at 26395.00 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.80% or 53.70 points to end at 1867.05 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 2.77% or 93.30 points to 3280.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 1.83% to 515.90, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.19% to settle at 1208.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.17% to close at 8008.50.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.77% to 1867.70 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 2.71% to settle at 3281.10 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.41% to 2312.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 964 to 838 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1754 fell and 1530 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.91% or 6.40 to 170.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.21% to 17.8175.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 6.65 to $1819.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.44% or 1.22 to hit $86.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 1.03 to trade at $88.54 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.30% to 74.394, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 84.4280.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.545.