Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.21% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which rose 3.20% or 12.15 points to trade at 392.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) added 2.42% or 34.20 points to end at 1449.70 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 2.11% or 563.80 points to 27224.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which fell 2.69% or 38.65 points to trade at 1398.50 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 2.20% or 25.00 points to end at 1109.15 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 1.47% or 7.25 points to 484.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 1.85% to 519.90, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.49% to settle at 377.35 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.17% to close at 259.00.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.60% to 1398.50 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 2.12% to settle at 1110.00 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.38% to 1628.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 791 to 755 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1296 fell and 1242 advanced, while 170 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.14% to 11.9900.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.57% or 7.15 to $1254.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.18 to hit $44.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.08 to trade at $46.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 64.593, while EUR/INR rose 0.41% to 73.4029.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.97.