Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Power and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which rose 8.43% or 1,825.65 points to trade at 23,480.00 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 4.24% or 275.30 points to end at 6,770.80 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 2.89% or 24.55 points to 874.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 2.60% or 11.90 points to trade at 445.85 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 2.13% or 83.75 points to end at 3,845.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 1.70% or 18.85 points to 1,089.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 4.13% to 6,767.95, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.71% to settle at 893.85 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 0.71% to close at 3,151.10.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.69% to 1,089.90 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.32% to settle at 1,289.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.15% to 8,782.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1139 to 709 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2056 rose and 1254 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.81% to 19.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.75 to $1,714.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.51 to hit $87.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.60 to trade at $93.43 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 79.92, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 79.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 110.50.