India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.18% 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 1.18% to hit a new 3-months low, while the index fell 1.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:), which rose 0.38% or 18.95 points to trade at 5,046.50 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:) added 0.28% or 1.05 points to end at 381.35 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:) was up 0.18% or 1.40 points to 786.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which fell 4.33% or 204.60 points to trade at 4,519.60 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) declined 3.84% or 25.05 points to end at 626.60 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) was down 3.47% or 5.00 points to 139.17.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which rose 0.29% to 787.20, NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.21% to settle at 380.85 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which gained 0.16% to close at 2,479.10.

The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 3.23% to 2,801.80 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 3.02% to settle at 139.80 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.18% to 936.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2253 to 215 and 152 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3152 fell and 634 advanced, while 93 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.97% to 15.31.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 9.40 to $2,615.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.81% or 0.55 to hit $68.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.56 to trade at $72.45 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.01% to 84.39, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 89.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 105.94.