Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 4.04% or 9.40 points to trade at 243.70 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.60% or 10.90 points to end at 315.95 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.05% or 22.45 points to 760.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 7.41% or 41.65 points to trade at 520.10 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 3.58% or 26.05 points to end at 700.25 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 3.52% or 12.85 points to 352.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.16% to 7372.35, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 2.73% to settle at 1319.90 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.72% to close at 160.75.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 7.36% to 520.35 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 3.04% to settle at 1129.55 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.85% to 1880.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 908 to 676 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1360 fell and 1152 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.70% to 18.8250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1200.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.42 to trade at $65.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 72.278, while EUR/INR fell 0.69% to 81.4250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.19.