Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Capital Goods and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 4.76% or 317.90 points to trade at 6,995.80 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.32% or 39.40 points to end at 1,735.95 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was up 2.11% or 218.40 points to 10,586.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 3.25% or 93.70 points to trade at 2,793.50 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 2.55% or 48.20 points to end at 1,839.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.81% or 5.85 points to 316.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.95% to 7,007.95, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 2.01% to settle at 1,730.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.31% to close at 4,068.35.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.04% to 2,796.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 2.79% to settle at 1,833.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.77% to 3,448.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1416 to 1042 and 101 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2102 rose and 1641 declined, while 100 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.32% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 5.75 to $2,765.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.99% or 1.43 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.87% or 1.42 to trade at $74.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 84.08, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 90.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 104.20.