Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Capital Goods and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.64%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 1.70% or 2.00 points to trade at 119.80 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 1.59% or 280.40 points to end at 17965.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.08% or 1.35 points to 126.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 7.24% or 55.15 points to trade at 706.70 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.74% or 32.15 points to end at 1142.15 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 2.72% or 19.70 points to 705.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 1.66% to 17972.45, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.61% to settle at 119.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.04% to close at 126.65.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.18% to 242.10 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.92% to settle at 1013.70 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.69% to 2211.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1109 to 591 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1715 fell and 1375 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.78% to 14.8650.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 3.10 to $1859.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $74.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 73.316, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 88.8435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.507.