Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Green Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.43% or 8.050 points to trade at 339.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 2.28% or 6.60 points to end at 295.55 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 2.00% or 1.40 points to 71.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv), which fell 1.75% or 5.20 points to trade at 291.50 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) declined 1.42% or 16.00 points to end at 1112.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 1.27% or 13.55 points to 1051.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 2.06% to 295.30, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was up 1.36% to settle at 470.30 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.15% to close at 3070.50.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.15% to 1052.20 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 1.13% to settle at 388.30 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 0.96% to 3004.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 930 to 546 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1486 rose and 1078 declined, while 172 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.05% to 15.5425.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.15% or 1.75 to $1140.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $54.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $57.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 68.168, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 71.1319.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 103.19.