Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 1.74%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NSE:HLL), which rose 0.36% or 3.30 points to trade at 927.65 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) fell 0.05% or 0.30 points to end at 646.20 and Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) was down 0.19% or 1.05 points to 552.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN), which lost 8.10% or 12.85 points to trade at 145.70 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB) declined 7.48% or 64.50 points to end at 797.50 and Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) shed 6.46% or 11.60 points to 168.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 0.04% to 924.00, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 0.03% to settle at 553.30 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.30% to close at 3721.40.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 7.85% to 146.10 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 6.17% to settle at 405.15 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 5.13% to 101.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1048 to 382 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 580 fell and 165 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 9.09% to 17.7900.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.70 to $1154.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.61% or 0.32 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.43 to trade at $57.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.26% to 63.590, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 70.0670.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.76.