Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 1.85% or 18.60 points to trade at 1024.25 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.47% or 10.25 points to end at 705.35 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.20% or 3.40 points to 286.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which lost 14.27% or 129.45 points to trade at 788.65 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 6.97% or 160.85 points to end at 2150.50 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) shed 6.39% or 15.90 points to 231.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 1.34% to 286.35, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 1.28% to settle at 280.05 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.20% to close at 324.00.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 6.85% to 231.75 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 5.41% to settle at 315.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.79% to 6878.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1275 to 343 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1846 fell and 666 advanced, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.50% to 17.9800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1229.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.63% or 0.45 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.35 to trade at $81.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.61% to 73.685, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 85.1025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.92.