Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.37%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.46% or 51.95 points to trade at 1,215.75 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 2.96% or 4.95 points to end at 172.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.51% or 5.70 points to 232.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 4.50% or 69.55 points to trade at 1,475.40 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 3.37% or 108.95 points to end at 3,120.40 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 2.85% or 32.75 points to 1,114.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.48% to 1,216.40, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.58% to settle at 232.50 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 2.57% to close at 171.65.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 4.53% to 1,475.00 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 3.36% to settle at 3,120.85 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.61% to 1,117.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1064 to 790 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1724 fell and 1608 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.62% to 18.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 3.60 to $1,713.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.70% or 0.61 to hit $87.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.66 to trade at $93.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 79.46, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 79.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 109.08.