Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher while losses in the Auto, IT and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 2.58% or 10.25 points to trade at 407.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 2.04% or 25.55 points to end at 1275.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 1.71% or 5.30 points to 315.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which fell 2.91% or 70.20 points to trade at 2339.00 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.75% or 8.75 points to end at 309.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 1.73% or 3.40 points to 193.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 2.78% to 407.85, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.17% to settle at 1276.15 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.88% to close at 315.05.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.97% to 2336.20 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.73% to settle at 310.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.65% to 193.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1073 to 507 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1867 rose and 939 declined, while 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) rose to all time highs; rising 2.04% or 25.55 to 1275.30. Shares in Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.17% or 27.05 to 1276.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.46% to 13.6225.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1315.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $66.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 63.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 76.3536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.