Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 3.50% or 1.35 points to trade at 39.90 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 2.52% or 60.70 points to end at 2472.10 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 1.97% or 3.85 points to 199.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 5.58% or 82.65 points to trade at 1399.00 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 3.50% or 9.00 points to end at 248.20 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 1.22% or 4.00 points to 324.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which rose 2.58% to 2470.95, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.31% to settle at 1182.10 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.27% to close at 7482.75.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 5.44% to 1400.60 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.21% to settle at 765.95 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.13% to 324.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 931 to 587 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1430 rose and 988 declined, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.49% to 14.1200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 7.85 to $1552.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $58.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $64.38 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 70.865, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 78.8835.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.125.