Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 4.66% or 31.85 points to trade at 715.65 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 4.33% or 8.45 points to end at 203.50 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 2.84% or 19.15 points to 693.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 2.06% or 16.00 points to trade at 762.00 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.06% or 28.05 points to end at 1336.55 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 2.04% or 11.05 points to 530.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 4.75% to 716.00, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 4.23% to settle at 203.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.78% to close at 693.60.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 2.10% to 1336.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 2.04% to settle at 530.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.25% to 6360.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 909 to 710 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1430 rose and 1145 declined, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.41% to 20.8450 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 4.95 to $1941.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.66% or 0.69 to hit $42.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.67 to trade at $45.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.26% to 74.806, while EUR/INR rose 0.51% to 88.0360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.523.