Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Metals sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Banking and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 3.09% or 4.70 points to trade at 156.80 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) added 2.89% or 8.700 points to end at 310.000 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.83% or 26.90 points to 977.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which lost 1.67% or 51.10 points to trade at 3014.00 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 1.16% or 7.80 points to end at 661.80 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) shed 1.10% or 35.85 points to 3223.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 1.95% to 321.75, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was up 1.71% to settle at 484.50 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.57% to close at 1278.45.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 1.40% to 3021.20 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.08% to settle at 662.30 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.07% to 3223.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 799 to 704 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1479 rose and 1311 declined, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.17% to 13.3500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 1.95 to $1238.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.90% or 0.47 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $54.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 67.290, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 71.6364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 100.59.