Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 3.15% or 10.750 points to trade at 352.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 2.94% or 8.95 points to end at 313.40 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.89% or 24.15 points to 859.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which fell 2.04% or 22.25 points to trade at 1067.15 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 1.93% or 13.75 points to end at 698.00 and ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) was down 1.84% or 24.75 points to 1318.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.47% to 314.20, Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was up 2.59% to settle at 2688.00 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.76% to close at 475.75.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.99% to 1068.95 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.26% to settle at 251.10 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 1.05% to 568.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 880 to 596 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1578 rose and 1157 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.42% to 15.8900.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.38% or 4.45 to $1166.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.13 to trade at $55.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 68.141, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 71.1181.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.95.