Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 3.72% or 83.45 points to trade at 2325.00 at the close. Bank of Baroda Ltd (NS:BOB) added 2.63% or 3.80 points to end at 148.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 1.66% or 11.25 points to 687.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 2.49% or 12.60 points to trade at 494.30 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 2.24% or 88.20 points to end at 3856.05 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 2.09% or 8.85 points to 414.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 3.33% to 2313.60, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.64% to settle at 687.65 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.27% to close at 271.20.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 2.29% to 3858.10 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.98% to settle at 415.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.96% to 506.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 853 to 711 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1329 fell and 1189 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.46% to 11.6325.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 8.15 to $1318.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.16% or 0.58 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.60 to trade at $55.74 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 64.260, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 77.1263.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.49.