Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 0.68% or 16.25 points to trade at 2,421.55 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 0.46% or 7.65 points to end at 1,671.25 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 0.35% or 14.55 points to 4,118.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 4.43% or 12.95 points to trade at 279.55 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 3.90% or 258.25 points to end at 6,362.35 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 3.47% or 139.00 points to 3,863.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 0.78% to 2,423.70, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.33% to settle at 4,116.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.19% to close at 1,667.95.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 4.43% to 279.55 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.94% to settle at 11,164.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.93% to 1,449.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1849 to 328 and 24 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2846 fell and 857 advanced, while 75 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.83% to 16.33 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.48% or 9.75 to $2,034.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.10% or 0.87 to hit $78.00 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.86 to trade at $81.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 82.93, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 89.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.04.