Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 1.92% or 13.90 points to trade at 736.10 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) added 1.43% or 33.50 points to end at 2,372.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 1.00% or 2.90 points to 292.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 1.65% or 5.20 points to trade at 310.10 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 1.62% or 15.20 points to end at 921.85 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 1.30% or 18.30 points to 1,387.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 1.92% to 736.35, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 0.86% to settle at 478.30 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 0.69% to close at 2,166.80.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.62% to 310.15 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 1.54% to settle at 922.25 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.19% to 3,356.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1186 to 1141 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.53% to 20.08 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 85.40, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 88.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.