Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Power and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 3.23% or 11.50 points to trade at 367.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) added 2.70% or 614.60 points to end at 23362.35 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 2.09% or 542.05 points to 26422.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which fell 2.25% or 2.00 points to trade at 86.70 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) declined 2.19% or 10.70 points to end at 477.40 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) was down 1.86% or 6.20 points to 327.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.83% to 682.80, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 0.77% to settle at 3226.15 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 0.74% to close at 1439.00.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 2.12% to 477.95 in late trade, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which lost 2.06% to settle at 327.55 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.76% to 501.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1025 to 524 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1704 fell and 1109 advanced, while 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.09% or 542.05 to 26422.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.04% to 11.6275.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.65 to $1275.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.54% or 0.29 to hit $53.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.35 to trade at $56.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 64.691, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 68.5924.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.65.