Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 4.03% or 442.40 points to trade at 11,430.15 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 2.23% or 73.45 points to end at 3,368.50 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 1.65% or 119.15 points to 7,361.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 5.74% or 59.45 points to trade at 976.35 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.04% or 9.00 points to end at 286.60 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) shed 1.86% or 55.40 points to 2,931.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 2.18% to 3,366.20, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.57% to settle at 7,353.75 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 0.88% to close at 1,853.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 5.77% to 975.75 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 1.79% to settle at 516.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.56% to 390.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1627 to 836 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2231 fell and 1574 advanced, while 95 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.93% to 13.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 5.95 to $2,549.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.66% or 1.75 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.64 to trade at $70.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.98, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 92.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.42.