Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.25% to hit a new 6-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 4.17% or 473.20 points to trade at 11,809.70 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.21% or 8.95 points to end at 414.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.03% or 109.20 points to 5,484.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 3.67% or 36.60 points to trade at 959.55 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.92% or 4.55 points to end at 151.40 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 2.15% or 3.25 points to 148.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 4.24% to 11,815.95, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.04% to settle at 5,484.85 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 0.97% to close at 1,560.15.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.67% to 959.70 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.02% to settle at 148.20 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.29% to 1,421.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1002 to 807 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1723 rose and 1460 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.19% to 22.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.79% or 14.35 to $1,827.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.04% or 1.24 to hit $117.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 1.14 to trade at $120.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 78.16, while EUR/INR rose 0.89% to 81.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 104.62.