Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which rose 4.38% or 150.10 points to trade at 3,574.70 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.61% or 265.60 points to end at 7,631.10 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.14% or 39.50 points to 1,888.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 3.54% or 159.50 points to trade at 4,346.15 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 3.16% or 57.25 points to end at 1,756.50 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 3.09% or 60.40 points to 1,892.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 3.36% to 7,610.90, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 1.93% to settle at 1,884.10 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.61% to close at 2,586.80.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 3.46% to 4,348.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 3.04% to settle at 1,893.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.94% to 1,603.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1760 to 761 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2315 fell and 1474 advanced, while 103 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.55% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 11.35 to $2,603.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.20% or 0.84 to hit $69.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.87 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 83.69, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 93.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.41.