Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Auto and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 1.53% or 3.90 points to trade at 258.35 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.46% or 2.70 points to end at 188.00 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 0.75% or 2.20 points to 296.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.03% or 624.35 points to trade at 30174.60 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.65% or 39.50 points to end at 2356.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.49% or 8.00 points to 528.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 1.54% to 296.65, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.46% to settle at 187.90 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 1.18% to close at 3740.60.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.80% to 2356.45 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.45% to settle at 528.60 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.09% to 702.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 966 to 599 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1545 rose and 1095 declined, while 176 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.02% to 12.1850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.20 to $1268.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.36% or 0.21 to hit $57.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 64.065, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 75.9215.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.02.