Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Metals sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD), which rose 4.37% or 8.85 points to trade at 211.20 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 2.91% or 9.80 points to end at 346.70 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW) was up 2.87% or 2.40 points to 85.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which lost 3.65% or 24.25 points to trade at 640.05 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.15% or 6.25 points to end at 284.05 and Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) shed 1.10% or 4.60 points to 414.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which rose 4.35% to 211.15, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was up 1.88% to settle at 325.70 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.86% to close at 164.70.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.05% to 284.20 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.73% to settle at 2611.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 0.72% to 280.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 882 to 677 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1556 rose and 1193 declined, while 167 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.29% to 12.2150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.74% or 9.60 to $1284.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $52.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.22 to trade at $55.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 64.590, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 69.2915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.52.