India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.15%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the declined 0.15%, while the index declined 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.50% or 1.35 points to trade at 39.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:) added 2.52% or 60.70 points to end at 2472.10 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:) was up 1.97% or 3.85 points to 199.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:), which fell 5.58% or 82.65 points to trade at 1399.00 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:) declined 3.50% or 9.00 points to end at 248.20 and State Bank Of India (NS:) was down 1.22% or 4.00 points to 324.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.58% to 2470.95, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.31% to settle at 1182.10 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.27% to close at 7482.75.

The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 5.44% to 1400.60 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.21% to settle at 765.95 and State Bank Of India (BO:) which was down 1.13% to 324.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 931 to 587 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1430 rose and 988 declined, while 164 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.49% to 14.1200.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 7.85 to $1552.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $58.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $64.38 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.04% to 70.865, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 78.8835.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.125.

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