Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which rose 3.33% or 8.90 points to trade at 275.35 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 2.90% or 8.25 points to end at 292.65 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 2.22% or 12.80 points to 588.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 3.03% or 10.00 points to trade at 319.60 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 2.76% or 14.70 points to end at 518.25 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 1.98% or 19.80 points to 977.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.82% to 275.30, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 2.40% to settle at 292.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.29% to close at 386.20.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.60% to 518.70 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.55% to settle at 797.05 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.23% to 1844.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1007 to 588 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1497 fell and 1093 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.48% to 14.1100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1351.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.26% or 0.84 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.75 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 65.605, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 81.1682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.34.