Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which rose 7.42% or 5.40 points to trade at 78.20 at the close. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) added 3.34% or 4.55 points to end at 140.75 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) was up 3.05% or 2.40 points to 81.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 2.42% or 5.95 points to trade at 240.00 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) declined 1.92% or 5.20 points to end at 265.15 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) shed 1.30% or 44.45 points to 3365.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which rose 2.74% to 494.55, Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was up 2.04% to settle at 1512.05 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 1.74% to close at 271.35.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.44% to 239.80 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.00% to settle at 265.00 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.28% to 3367.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 828 to 659 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1595 rose and 1154 declined, while 203 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.52% to 14.6125.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.63% or 7.95 to $1270.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.31% or 0.66 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.65 to trade at $52.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 66.686, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 73.2880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 97.72.