Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 2.90% or 11.80 points to trade at 419.85 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.37% or 80.35 points to end at 3470.25 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.72% or 14.45 points to 853.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 3.09% or 10.45 points to trade at 327.55 in late trade. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 2.86% or 8.75 points to end at 298.05 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) shed 2.99% or 8.90 points to 290.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.37% to 419.80, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.43% to settle at 3467.90 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.62% to close at 852.00.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.01% to 586.20 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.86% to settle at 278.90 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.67% to 179.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1121 to 481 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1706 fell and 871 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.20% to 12.3950.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.57% or 7.60 to $1325.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.32% or 0.22 to hit $67.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.60% to 66.815, while EUR/INR rose 0.33% to 81.5016.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 90.82.