Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Real Estate and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.25%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 4.03% or 46.45 points to trade at 1199.65 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 2.66% or 4.15 points to end at 160.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.25% or 8.85 points to 402.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 5.33% or 28.35 points to trade at 504.25 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 3.01% or 6.60 points to end at 212.40 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 2.95% or 6.20 points to 203.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 2.69% to 160.30, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 0.95% to settle at 1391.00 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 0.92% to close at 384.25.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 5.22% to 504.70 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 3.90% to settle at 137.95 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.74% to 204.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1161 to 444 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1665 fell and 840 advanced, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.69% to 13.6825.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1222.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.33 to hit $66.83 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.28 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.32% to 68.585, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 79.7260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 95.06.