India stocks mixed at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.08%

Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables , Auto and IT sectors led shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Power sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Trent Ltd (NS:TREN ), which rose 2.69% or 185.25 points to trade at 7,063.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN ) added 2.58% or 178.90 points to end at 7,115.10 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT ) was up 2.14% or 102.25 points to 4,889.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ), which fell 1.26% or 12.75 points to trade at 1,000.20 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE ) declined 1.20% or 14.95 points to end at 1,233.80 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC ) was down 0.99% or 3.65 points to 365.50.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which rose 2.42% to 7,103.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST ) which was up 1.20% to settle at 2,242.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which gained 1.20% to close at 1,684.00.

The worst performers were JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) which was down 1.42% to 998.60 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which lost 0.79% to settle at 365.90 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI ) which was down 0.61% to 862.35 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1284 to 1192 and 148 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2051 rose and 1761 declined, while 106 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.08% to 13.22 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 8.96 to $2,727.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.87% or 0.60 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.59 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.07% to 84.82, while EUR/INR fell 0.34% to 89.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.41.

Source: Investing.com