Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.17% or 101.40 points to trade at 3302.75 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 2.77% or 7.95 points to end at 295.25 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.87% or 22.35 points to 1214.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 2.95% or 23.40 points to trade at 769.90 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.69% or 39.05 points to end at 1411.20 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 2.63% or 24.95 points to 922.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.20% to 3303.10, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.73% to settle at 19794.00 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.54% to close at 798.50.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.89% to 770.15 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.67% to settle at 1411.40 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.04% to 16784.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 901 to 767 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1596 fell and 1417 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.31% to 14.1850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.80 to $1815.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $71.71 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 73.073, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 86.3610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.648.