Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 3.22% or 139.35 points to trade at 4465.15 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.80% or 20.15 points to end at 740.75 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 2.68% or 4.40 points to 168.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 3.51% or 7.15 points to trade at 196.30 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.66% or 2.25 points to end at 133.10 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 1.55% or 12.00 points to 764.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.41% to 721.40, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.29% to settle at 2370.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.10% to close at 864.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 3.52% to 196.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.63% to settle at 133.15 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.58% to 516.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1114 to 694 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1979 rose and 1273 declined, while 97 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.10% to 20.5925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1855.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.12% or 1.03 to hit $93.10 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 1.07 to trade at $94.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 75.080, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 85.4210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 95.832.