Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.59%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 3.51% or 29.50 points to trade at 869.85 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 2.92% or 201.30 points to end at 7072.90 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.72% or 125.45 points to 7401.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 4.98% or 13.65 points to trade at 260.50 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 4.60% or 17.50 points to end at 363.20 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 3.90% or 16.30 points to 404.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.78% to 7074.10, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.48% to settle at 1117.10 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.02% to close at 2012.75.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.40% to 320.65 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 2.37% to settle at 273.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.11% to 350.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1086 to 510 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1545 fell and 953 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.87% to 18.7825 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.65 to $1297.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.32 to trade at $69.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.37% to 68.685, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 77.2240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.578.