Indian shares largely unchanged; energy stocks slip

Indian were largely unchanged on Wednesday as investors looked for further cues before taking bets, with gains in IT and financials countering losses in consumer and energy scrips.

The broader NSE index was up 0.1 per cent at 11,543.55 as of 0515 GMT, while the benchmark BSE index gained 0.19 per cent to 38,440.79.

Infosys Ltd and Wipro Ltd were among the top percentage gainers on the NSE index, rising 2.3 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively.

Among financials, Indiabulls Housing Finance rose as much as 4.16 per cent, while Housing Development Finance Corporation gained 0.92 per cent, reports Reuters.

Nifty auto index fell 0.4 per cent. Eicher Motors Ltd lost up to 1.0 per cent and Bajaj Auto Ltd slipped 0.86 per cent.

State-run fuel retailers Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Indian Oil were among the biggest losers on the NSE index, falling between 2.7 per cent to 4.3 per cent.