Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 5.09% or 35.55 points to trade at 732.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.40% or 4.85 points to end at 207.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.15% or 15.55 points to 738.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which fell 5.52% or 16.05 points to trade at 275.10 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 5.10% or 23.75 points to end at 443.20 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 4.98% or 20.30 points to 389.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.36% to 738.50, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 1.39% to settle at 2299.20 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 1.27% to close at 252.15.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 4.29% to 129.30 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 3.28% to settle at 151.85 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 2.43% to 237.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1024 to 569 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1505 fell and 1054 advanced, while 171 ended unchanged.
Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) rose to all time highs; rising 1.39% or 31.50 to 2299.20.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.79% to 16.0325.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.25 to $1303.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.03% or 0.61 to hit $58.68 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.30 to trade at $67.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 68.872, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 78.2050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.903.