Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.54%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 2.30% or 167.30 points to trade at 7432.70 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 1.45% or 25.55 points to end at 1782.55 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.29% or 156.20 points to 12287.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 3.26% or 24.20 points to trade at 718.70 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.95% or 16.40 points to end at 540.15 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) shed 1.50% or 64.15 points to 4224.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.33% to 7432.95, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.49% to settle at 1783.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.22% to close at 12280.80.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.32% to 1736.80 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.29% to settle at 1479.80 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.23% to 1099.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1005 to 681 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1622 fell and 1458 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.26% to 15.3650.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.34% or 6.10 to $1783.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.70% or 0.51 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.63 to trade at $75.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 74.215, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 88.6685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 91.705.