Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Auto and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 4.13% or 18.55 points to trade at 467.25 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 3.55% or 48.15 points to end at 1,405.50 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.52% or 21.30 points to 627.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 1.94% or 18.70 points to trade at 945.95 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.91% or 173.25 points to end at 8,892.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 1.85% or 53.15 points to 2,813.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.38% to 1,316.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.62% to settle at 314.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.59% to close at 361.50.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.77% to 2,815.00 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.41% to settle at 1,441.25 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.10% to 1,528.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1300 to 875 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2126 rose and 1515 declined, while 139 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.38% to 20.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.66% or 15.65 to $2,375.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $78.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $82.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.51, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 90.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 104.74.