Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which rose 3.77% or 93.05 points to trade at 2,559.00 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 2.28% or 7.85 points to end at 352.65 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.75% or 67.80 points to 3,951.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 2.60% or 68.30 points to trade at 2,555.00 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 2.04% or 189.10 points to end at 9,087.00 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 1.73% or 107.65 points to 6,129.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.20% to 352.40, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.81% to settle at 3,953.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.75% to close at 1,258.25.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 2.62% to 2,553.85 in late trade, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 1.57% to settle at 6,136.90 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.40% to 1,732.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1617 to 585 and 33 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2709 rose and 1005 declined, while 99 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.40% to 11.37 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.41% or 9.45 to $2,291.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.29 to hit $85.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.38 to trade at $89.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 83.45, while EUR/INR rose 0.15% to 89.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.56.