Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the declined 0.11%, while the index lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which rose 1.92% or 13.90 points to trade at 736.10 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:) added 1.43% or 33.50 points to end at 2,372.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.00% or 2.90 points to 292.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:), which lost 1.65% or 5.20 points to trade at 310.10 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) declined 1.62% or 15.20 points to end at 921.85 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) shed 1.30% or 18.30 points to 1,387.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.92% to 736.35, ITC Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.86% to settle at 478.30 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.69% to close at 2,166.80.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.62% to 310.15 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.54% to settle at 922.25 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.19% to 3,356.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1186 to 1141 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.53% to 20.08 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 85.40, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 88.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.
