Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 2.02% or 4.10 points to trade at 207.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) added 1.84% or 56.05 points to end at 3105.10 and Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) was up 1.44% or 4.50 points to 317.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv), which fell 3.05% or 9.90 points to trade at 314.80 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 2.59% or 9.000 points to end at 339.000 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) was down 2.52% or 12.20 points to 472.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 1.76% to 3103.10, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 1.25% to settle at 316.65 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 0.76% to close at 126.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.58% to 472.50 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 1.88% to settle at 374.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.43% to 859.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 982 to 464 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1063 fell and 536 advanced, while 63 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.36% to 18.1850 a new 3-months high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.37% or 4.75 to $1267.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $50.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.45 to trade at $51.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.28% to 67.442, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 76.1490.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 93.83.