India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.12% 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 0.12%, while the index lost 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.73% or 20.05 points to trade at 754.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:) added 2.07% or 46.40 points to end at 2,291.40 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:) was up 2.06% or 126.00 points to 6,233.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:), which fell 4.50% or 10.75 points to trade at 227.90 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) declined 3.08% or 10.55 points to end at 331.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:) was down 2.18% or 26.15 points to 1,172.05.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.02% to 2,290.65, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.98% to settle at 6,230.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.65% to close at 3,100.15.

The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.55% to 227.85 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.14% to settle at 1,172.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:) which was down 2.01% to 457.95 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1015 to 823 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1847 rose and 1392 declined, while 112 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.08% or 10.55 to 331.90.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.97% to 22.30.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 2.11 to $1,816.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.27% or 1.39 to hit $111.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 1.07 to trade at $113.00 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.32% to 77.60, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 81.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 103.54.