Market Summary

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare, and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.21%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were:
– Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) rose 7.98% or 442.70 points to trade at 5,989.75.
– Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.43% or 39.80 points to end at 1,680.50.
– Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 2.10% or 19.35 points to 939.15 in late trade.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were:
– Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) rose 2.15% to 939.65.
– Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) was up 1.92% to settle at 1,659.65.
– Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) gained 1.80% to close at 12,760.95.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 3.20% or 16.25 points to 491.70.
– Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 2.55% or 65.75 points to 2,516.00.
– Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 1.77% or 49.85 points to 2,768.95.

On the BSE Sensex 30:
– ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) was down 3.08% to 492.25.
– Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) lost 2.21% to settle at 2,524.40.
– Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) was down 1.65% to 2,749.85.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1,717 to 769 with 93 unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2,578 rose and 1,194 declined, while 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) rose to all-time highs, gaining 7.98% or 442.70 to 5,989.75. Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) rose to all-time highs, rising 2.43% or 39.80 to 1,680.50. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to 52-week highs, up 1.92% or 31.20 to 1,659.65.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.44% to 14.09.

Commodity Prices

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.70 to $2,634.70 a troy ounce. Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.30 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.26 to trade at $76.92 a barrel.

Currency Updates

• USD/INR was up 0.04% to 83.97.
• EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 92.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 102.37.