Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 1.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT), which rose 3.23% or 30.40 points to trade at 970.80 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) added 3.18% or 35.25 points to end at 1144.40 and Tech Mahindra Limited (NSE:TEML) was up 3.13% or 16.90 points to 557.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN), which lost 7.85% or 9.70 points to trade at 113.85 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) declined 7.12% or 7.35 points to end at 95.90 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) shed 5.97% or 55.25 points to 870.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 3.39% to 1141.75, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.90% to settle at 866.25 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.63% to close at 2671.40.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 8.03% to 113.90 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 7.21% to settle at 95.90 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 5.53% to 371.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1237 to 193 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 641 fell and 108 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 9.77% to 17.4450 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.89% or 9.90 to $1117.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.78% or 0.77 to hit $43.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.62 to trade at $50.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.63% to 64.740, while EUR/INR rose 1.65% to 72.2100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.78% at 96.48.