Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto, Power and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.26%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK), which rose 3.32% or 2.45 points to trade at 76.20 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 1.90% or 4.00 points to end at 214.25 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 1.75% or 3.10 points to 179.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which lost 2.55% or 550.45 points to trade at 21052.85 in late trade. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 2.12% or 9.45 points to end at 435.75 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) shed 1.84% or 54.00 points to 2878.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 1.83% to 214.20, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 1.78% to settle at 180.20 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which gained 1.24% to close at 1309.40.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.85% to 2466.45 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.59% to settle at 1320.10 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.47% to 2884.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 739 to 658 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 822 fell and 717 advanced, while 81 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.50% to 16.4550.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1274.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 66.972, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 75.4900.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 94.86.