Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 2.79% or 24.25 points to trade at 897.95 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.27% or 6.40 points to end at 289.05 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.55% or 52.90 points to 2118.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 2.78% or 8.75 points to trade at 306.85 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 1.93% or 5.70 points to end at 288.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 1.98% or 4.80 points to 238.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.08% to 895.60, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.34% to settle at 288.75 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 1.64% to close at 344.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.00% to 166.90 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.92% to settle at 288.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.86% to 285.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 911 to 696 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1429 fell and 1176 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.60% to 13.4100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1297.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $75.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.55% to 67.460, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 78.3829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 94.38.