Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 3.37% or 20.85 points to trade at 639.10 at the close. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) added 2.58% or 6.15 points to end at 243.90 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) was up 1.66% or 5.20 points to 318.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 3.25% or 13.25 points to trade at 395.05 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 3.08% or 10.75 points to end at 339.15 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 2.02% or 7.75 points to 375.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 1.85% to 318.90, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 0.99% to settle at 8839.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 0.95% to close at 535.85.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.78% to 3635.45 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.53% to settle at 180.60 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.25% to 620.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 805 to 775 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1327 fell and 1280 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.69% to 14.3625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.90 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.63% or 0.38 to hit $61.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $65.02 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 64.870, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 80.2073.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.79.