Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Metals and Carbon sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 2.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 2.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 1.19% or 70.45 points to trade at 5,975.00 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 1.13% or 17.50 points to end at 1,572.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 0.96% or 12.70 points to 1,333.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK), which lost 8.17% or 137.15 points to trade at 1,542.00 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.93% or 5.40 points to end at 131.85 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 3.69% or 68.25 points to 1,779.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 1.34% to 1,576.05, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was up 0.64% to settle at 6,274.45 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.55% to close at 1,639.90.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 8.46% to 1,536.90 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 4.08% to settle at 131.65 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.66% to 1,779.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1519 to 623 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2392 fell and 1285 advanced, while 89 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 11.11% to 15.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 1.00 to $2,029.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.03% or 1.47 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 1.43 to trade at $76.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 83.13, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.12.