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

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.30%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NSE: HDFL ), which rose 1.57% or 12.20 points to trade at 788.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Electronics Ltd (NSE: BAJE ) added 1.25% or 4.80 points to end at 390.20 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NSE: BJFN ) was up 1.24% or 114.00 points to 9,285.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NSE: ITC ), which fell 2.97% or 12.90 points to trade at 421.00 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NSE: INBK ) declined 1.93% or 15.80 points to end at 804.90 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NSE: APLH ) was down 1.89% or 133.50 points to 6,940.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO: BJFN ) which rose 1.17% to 9,280.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO: BRTI ) which was up 0.67% to settle at 1,856.35 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: HCLT ) which gained 0.45% to close at 1,660.00.

The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO: ITC ) which was down 3.04% to 420.70 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO: INBK ) which lost 2.01% to settle at 804.55 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC ) which was down 1.80% to 11,215.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1194 to 1182 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1970 rose and 1827 declined, while 151 ended unchanged.

Shares in HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NSE: HDFL ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.57% or 12.20 to 788.00. Shares in Bharat Electronics Ltd (NSE: BAJE ) rose to all time highs; up 1.25% or 4.80 to 390.20.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.89% to 18.00.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.46% or 15.26 to $3,343.56 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.97% or 0.59 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.54 to trade at $64.11 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.04% to 85.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 96.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.46.