Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 6.44% or 157.30 points to trade at 2601.80 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.28% or 6.30 points to end at 198.15 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 3.47% or 29.05 points to 863.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 3.47% or 65.25 points to trade at 1812.00 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 3.41% or 21.90 points to end at 619.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 3.40% or 6.40 points to 182.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 2.83% to 198.00, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.20% to settle at 626.35 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which gained 1.91% to close at 360.90.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 3.51% to 1811.75 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 3.14% to settle at 620.95 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.77% to 182.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 809 to 771 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1273 fell and 1221 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 1.18% to 19.5550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.50% or 0.80 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.75 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 71.310, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 81.1520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.72.