
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Metals and Carbon sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 2.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 2.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 1.19% or 70.45 points to trade at 5,975.00 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 1.13% or 17.50 points to end at 1,572.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 0.96% or 12.70 points to 1,333.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK), which fell 8.17% or 137.15 points to trade at 1,542.00 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.93% or 5.40 points to end at 131.85 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) was down 3.69% or 68.25 points to 1,779.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 1.34% to 1,576.05, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was up 0.64% to settle at 6,274.45 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.55% to close at 1,639.90.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 8.46% to 1,536.90 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 4.08% to settle at 131.65 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.66% to 1,779.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1519 to 623 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2392 fell and 1285 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) rose to all time highs; rising 1.19% or 70.45 to 5,975.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 11.11% to 15.08.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.95 to $2,029.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.01% or 1.46 to hit $71.06 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 1.43 to trade at $76.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 83.13, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.12.
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