Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.91%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 4.12% or 28.35 points to trade at 714.25 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 2.41% or 7.05 points to end at 299.55 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 0.93% or 21.15 points to 2293.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 7.81% or 32.45 points to trade at 382.80 in late trade. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 7.87% or 23.55 points to end at 276.60 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 6.83% or 11.40 points to 155.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 0.89% to 2111.65, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 0.74% to settle at 266.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 0.38% to close at 1859.80.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.16% to 278.90 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 2.71% to settle at 1235.10 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 2.44% to 161.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1392 to 225 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2128 fell and 462 advanced, while 111 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.57% to 13.5100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1260.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.91% or 0.64 to hit $71.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.46 to trade at $76.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.29% to 68.585, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 79.8278.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.41.