Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Power and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.84%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 2.73% or 11.45 points to trade at 431.00 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 2.63% or 5.05 points to end at 197.25 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.19% or 5.05 points to 432.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 4.75% or 13.75 points to trade at 277.30 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 2.97% or 23.85 points to end at 782.15 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) shed 2.53% or 20.20 points to 778.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.04% to 430.75, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 2.71% to settle at 197.30 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.53% to close at 463.80.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 4.16% to 277.70 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.85% to settle at 186.10 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.73% to 731.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 958 to 623 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1422 fell and 1042 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.56% to 18.0850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1284.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.96% or 0.51 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.70 to trade at $62.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 71.345, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 81.0045.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.018.