Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 2.18% or 9.05 points to trade at 423.35 at the close. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) added 1.53% or 6.05 points to end at 402.20 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 1.68% or 8.40 points to 506.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 3.12% or 9.15 points to trade at 283.55 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.05% or 12.15 points to end at 578.15 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) shed 1.86% or 7.50 points to 394.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 0.68% to 2632.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 0.44% to settle at 183.75 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 0.23% to close at 2260.80.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.13% to 578.15 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 1.97% to settle at 393.70 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.62% to 313.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1121 to 462 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1714 fell and 904 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.47% to 15.9450 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1243.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.67% or 0.38 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.49 to trade at $63.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 64.444, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 75.7146.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.99.