Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 3.06% or 76.60 points to trade at 2,580.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 1.61% or 19.85 points to end at 1,254.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 1.53% or 3.25 points to 215.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 1.35% or 11.00 points to trade at 803.80 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 1.19% or 55.15 points to end at 4,588.65 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 1.07% or 5.05 points to 465.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 3.10% to 2,581.20, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.57% to settle at 1,251.95 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.39% to close at 215.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.39% to 803.45 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.08% to settle at 109.95 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 0.87% to 7,044.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1113 to 771 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2009 rose and 1347 declined, while 141 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.69% to 15.40.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.68% or 12.45 to $1,810.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.47 to hit $79.06 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.36 to trade at $84.32 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 82.84, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 88.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.90.