Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 1.91% or 3.15 points to trade at 167.75 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 1.26% or 40.95 points to end at 3,294.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 1.04% or 8.30 points to 805.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 1.44% or 35.00 points to trade at 2,387.90 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 1.27% or 105.40 points to end at 8,220.50 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.13% or 15.30 points to 1,333.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 0.62% to 1,878.50, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 0.61% to settle at 5,195.90 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.48% to close at 3,408.40.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.17% to 1,333.35 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.14% to settle at 8,232.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.95% to 1,633.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1016 to 911 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1684 rose and 1656 declined, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.70% to 10.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.11% or 2.15 to $1,939.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $74.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $79.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 82.28, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 90.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.19.