Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and IT sectors led shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Trent Ltd (NS:TREN), which rose 2.69% or 185.25 points to trade at 7,063.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.58% or 178.90 points to end at 7,115.10 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was up 2.14% or 102.25 points to 4,889.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which fell 1.26% or 12.75 points to trade at 1,000.20 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.20% or 14.95 points to end at 1,233.80 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 0.99% or 3.65 points to 365.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.42% to 7,103.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.20% to settle at 2,242.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.20% to close at 1,684.00.
The worst performers were JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 1.42% to 998.60 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.79% to settle at 365.90 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.61% to 862.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1284 to 1192 and 148 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2051 rose and 1761 declined, while 106 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.08% to 13.22 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 8.96 to $2,727.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.87% or 0.60 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.59 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 84.82, while EUR/INR fell 0.34% to 89.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.41.