Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 3.87% or 58.65 points to trade at 1574.10 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 2.26% or 16.95 points to end at 766.50 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.60% or 4.50 points to 285.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which lost 3.67% or 11.30 points to trade at 297.25 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 3.15% or 129.30 points to end at 3990.75 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 3.40% or 19.60 points to 559.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 3.84% to 1574.20, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 1.47% to settle at 285.95 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.44% to close at 274.30.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.28% to 297.90 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.34% to settle at 956.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.19% to 243.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 993 to 598 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1550 fell and 1000 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 2.05% to 13.4350.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1290.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.40 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.40% to 67.875, while EUR/INR fell 0.77% to 79.9655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.41.