Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 2.78% or 30.40 points to trade at 1123.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) added 0.91% or 8.90 points to end at 991.95 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 0.85% or 60.95 points to 7268.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.70% or 5.45 points to trade at 196.55 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.54% or 4.30 points to end at 164.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was down 2.16% or 10.10 points to 457.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.52% to 1123.70, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.80% to settle at 528.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.73% to close at 255.90.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.11% to 457.30 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 2.10% to settle at 165.15 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.97% to 368.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 795 to 763 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1321 fell and 1239 advanced, while 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) rose to all time highs; up 2.78% or 30.40 to 1123.45. Shares in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) rose to all time highs; rising 0.91% or 8.90 to 991.95. Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) rose to all time highs; up 2.52% or 27.60 to 1123.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.42% to 10.9150.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.89 to $1248.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.13 to hit $43.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.19 to trade at $45.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 64.535, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 71.9480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.34.