Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Banking and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 8.99% or 15.25 points to trade at 184.80 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 7.19% or 37.60 points to end at 560.80 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 5.75% or 61.00 points to 1,121.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 6.01% or 499.95 points to trade at 7,814.20 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 5.17% or 210.25 points to end at 3,853.15 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 4.62% or 163.20 points to 3,367.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.54% to 1,288.50, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.88% to settle at 2,592.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.67% to close at 2,398.40.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 6.00% to 7,813.85 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 5.14% to settle at 3,854.15 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 4.53% to 3,028.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 921 to 880 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1655 rose and 1584 declined, while 111 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.32% to 29.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.88% or 17.20 to $1,926.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.44% or 4.59 to hit $108.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.50% or 4.72 to trade at $109.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 75.73, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 84.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.59.