India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.11% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.11%, while the index lost 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.92% or 13.90 points to trade at 736.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:) added 1.43% or 33.50 points to end at 2,372.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.00% or 2.90 points to 292.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.65% or 5.20 points to trade at 310.10 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) declined 1.62% or 15.20 points to end at 921.85 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) was down 1.30% or 18.30 points to 1,387.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.92% to 736.35, ITC Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.86% to settle at 478.30 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.69% to close at 2,166.80.

The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.62% to 310.15 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.54% to settle at 922.25 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.19% to 3,356.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1186 to 1141 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.53% to 20.08 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.27% to 85.40, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 88.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.