Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Metals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 3.09% or 4.70 points to trade at 156.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 2.89% or 8.700 points to end at 310.000 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.83% or 26.90 points to 977.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which fell 1.67% or 51.10 points to trade at 3014.00 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 1.16% or 7.80 points to end at 661.80 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) was down 1.10% or 35.85 points to 3223.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 1.95% to 321.75, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was up 1.71% to settle at 484.50 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.57% to close at 1278.45.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 1.40% to 3021.20 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.08% to settle at 662.30 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.07% to 3223.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 799 to 704 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1479 rose and 1311 declined, while 155 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.17% to 13.3500.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 1.95 to $1238.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.48 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.35 to trade at $54.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 67.295, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 71.6330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 100.59.