Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 1.49% or 2.15 points to trade at 146.65 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.14% or 17.75 points to end at 1580.80 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 1.11% or 48.45 points to 4404.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 2.24% or 629.85 points to trade at 27504.60 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.56% or 12.55 points to end at 792.85 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 1.55% or 190.85 points to 12109.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.19% to 1581.25, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.14% to settle at 2110.90 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 0.85% to close at 17727.95.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.51% to 232.30 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.49% to settle at 12116.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.46% to 630.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 859 to 830 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1622 rose and 1464 declined, while 107 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.33% to 13.0450.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 5.15 to $1758.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.14% or 0.83 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.62 to trade at $74.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 74.328, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 88.3570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.097.