Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.69%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 2.49% or 15.45 points to trade at 638.70 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.41% or 9.35 points to end at 281.15 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.86% or 5.15 points to 283.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 3.71% or 15.35 points to trade at 398.70 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.28% or 19.35 points to end at 571.05 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 2.77% or 7.95 points to 277.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 3.27% to 281.45, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.94% to settle at 283.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 2.30% to close at 3545.50.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.25% to 570.90 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 3.05% to settle at 398.90 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 2.93% to 354.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1097 to 518 and 30 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1666 fell and 904 advanced, while 181 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.33% to 15.7575.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 4.50 to $1337.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.50 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.39 to trade at $69.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.49% to 65.225, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 80.8940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.16.