Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.86%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 6.28% or 254.35 points to trade at 4305.70 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 4.00% or 14.35 points to end at 372.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 3.05% or 16.05 points to 543.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which lost 3.94% or 85.70 points to trade at 2092.00 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.68% or 16.60 points to end at 603.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 2.53% or 18.05 points to 694.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.99% to 372.65, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.15% to settle at 543.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.18% to close at 493.00.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 3.75% to 2095.85 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 2.61% to settle at 604.25 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.51% to 695.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 833 to 735 and 97 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1290 rose and 1250 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.99% to 24.1125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 5.60 to $1950.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.02% or 0.42 to hit $41.46 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.51 to trade at $44.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.27% to 74.705, while EUR/INR fell 0.00% to 87.7440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.507.