Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 3.83% or 52.60 points to trade at 1426.20 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 3.73% or 26.95 points to end at 749.10 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 2.35% or 2.40 points to 104.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 2.10% or 570.15 points to trade at 26547.50 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.86% or 70.80 points to end at 3727.15 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 1.80% or 32.65 points to 1780.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.86% to 1426.45, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.36% to settle at 116.95 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.06% to close at 176.10.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.84% to 3727.60 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.78% to settle at 779.35 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.77% to 1780.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1140 to 559 and 30 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2050 fell and 997 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.06% to 12.7125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 5.55 to $1737.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.79% or 0.54 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.51 to trade at $70.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 74.429, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 87.1785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.157.