Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Metals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Banking, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD), which rose 4.37% or 8.85 points to trade at 211.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 2.91% or 9.80 points to end at 346.70 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) was up 2.87% or 2.40 points to 85.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which fell 3.65% or 24.25 points to trade at 640.05 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.15% or 6.25 points to end at 284.05 and Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) was down 1.10% or 4.60 points to 414.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which rose 4.35% to 211.15, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was up 1.88% to settle at 325.70 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.86% to close at 164.70.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.05% to 284.20 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.73% to settle at 2611.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.72% to 280.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 882 to 677 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1555 rose and 1194 declined, while 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD) rose to all time highs; rising 4.37% or 8.85 to 211.20. Shares in POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.35% or 8.80 to 211.15. Shares in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.73% or 19.20 to 2611.30.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.29% to 12.2150.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.74% or 9.60 to $1284.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $52.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.22 to trade at $55.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 64.590, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 69.2915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.52.