Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 4.81% or 42.05 points to trade at 916.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 3.88% or 7.95 points to end at 212.85 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 2.47% or 32.70 points to 1358.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 9.48% or 48.65 points to trade at 464.50 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 3.92% or 10.75 points to end at 263.15 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was down 3.64% or 17.45 points to 461.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 4.52% to 913.75, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 4.00% to settle at 213.10 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.92% to close at 295.05.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 9.52% to 464.35 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 3.96% to settle at 263.05 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 3.26% to 610.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 864 to 711 and 17 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1347 fell and 1228 advanced, while 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) rose to all time highs; up 4.81% or 42.05 to 916.40. Shares in Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) rose to all time highs; up 2.47% or 32.70 to 1358.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.60% to 11.5400.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.61 to $1282.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $52.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.49 to trade at $58.37 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 65.065, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 76.5134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.50.