Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.55%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 2.91% or 106.40 points to trade at 3,757.00 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 1.51% or 38.95 points to end at 2,622.50 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.47% or 4.95 points to 340.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 5.24% or 1,218.75 points to trade at 22,023.95 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 3.85% or 37.35 points to end at 932.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 3.52% or 8.20 points to 224.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 1.60% to 2,623.90, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.59% to settle at 341.05 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 0.76% to close at 7,688.95.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.19% to 1,223.90 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.64% to settle at 226.40 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 2.40% to 6,320.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1303 to 536 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2070 fell and 1244 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.81% to 19.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.79% or 13.25 to $1,684.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.61% or 2.19 to hit $86.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 2.26 to trade at $92.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 79.96, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 79.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 110.32.