Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 2.25% or 9.30 points to trade at 423.80 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 2.51% or 6.75 points to end at 275.70 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.95% or 40.45 points to 2107.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which lost 3.29% or 11.85 points to trade at 348.65 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.86% or 14.50 points to end at 493.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 2.49% or 10.80 points to 423.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.41% to 422.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.78% to settle at 2112.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.17% to close at 1085.00.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.29% to 348.55 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.76% to settle at 493.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.67% to 422.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1004 to 580 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1456 fell and 1024 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.05% to 16.4075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 6.05 to $1283.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.00% or 1.18 to hit $57.96 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.25 to trade at $67.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 69.834, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 77.9130.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.880.