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 fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:), which rose 4.76% or 317.90 points to trade at 6,995.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) added 2.32% or 39.40 points to end at 1,735.95 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:) was up 2.11% or 218.40 points to 10,586.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:), which fell 3.25% or 93.70 points to trade at 2,793.50 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.55% or 48.20 points to end at 1,839.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:) was down 1.81% or 5.85 points to 316.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which rose 4.95% to 7,007.95, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.01% to settle at 1,730.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.31% to close at 4,068.35.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 3.04% to 2,796.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which lost 2.79% to settle at 1,833.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.77% to 3,448.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1416 to 1042 and 101 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2102 rose and 1641 declined, while 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.32% or 39.40 to 1,735.95. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.01% or 34.10 to 1,730.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.32% to 14.59.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 6.15 to $2,765.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.98% or 1.42 to hit $70.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.84% or 1.40 to trade at $74.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 84.08, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 90.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 104.21.
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