Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 3.34% or 24.95 points to trade at 771.30 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.12% or 22.25 points to end at 735.45 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 3.08% or 27.50 points to 919.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 3.37% or 36.05 points to trade at 1032.20 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 3.20% or 14.85 points to end at 449.75 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 2.80% or 37.40 points to 1298.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.16% to 735.70, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.00% to settle at 919.65 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.16% to close at 2549.40.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.38% to 1032.25 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.77% to settle at 1298.55 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.23% to 2401.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 888 to 854 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1672 rose and 1549 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.89% to 16.3050.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 4.20 to $1826.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.51 to hit $83.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.22 to trade at $84.56 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 74.377, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 86.1325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.093.