Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Healthcare and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.99%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 2.72% or 4.45 points to trade at 168.10 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 2.40% or 19.20 points to end at 820.65 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 1.77% or 12.65 points to 727.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which lost 3.95% or 49.90 points to trade at 1212.05 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 3.92% or 19.40 points to end at 475.90 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 3.14% or 36.75 points to 1131.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 1.24% to 1615.05, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 0.18% to settle at 7736.65 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.08% to close at 2743.10.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.38% to 1131.50 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.81% to settle at 1279.70 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 2.39% to 3771.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1116 to 607 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1756 fell and 1369 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.70% to 17.3325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.66% or 11.60 to $1749.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.68% or 0.54 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.82 to trade at $82.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.66% to 75.032, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 86.5600.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 94.398.