Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Real Estate and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.76% or 10.65 points to trade at 294.05 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 2.88% or 107.85 points to end at 3,855.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.42% or 5.60 points to 236.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 2.14% or 78.55 points to trade at 3,593.55 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.83% or 27.05 points to end at 1,449.00 and Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) shed 1.43% or 16.15 points to 1,114.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.69% to 293.85, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.33% to settle at 236.85 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 2.02% to close at 1,667.15.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.13% to 3,593.75 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.84% to settle at 1,448.90 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.42% to 1,115.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1195 to 892 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2092 rose and 1553 declined, while 109 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.09% to 12.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 3.30 to $1,996.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $73.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.40, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 89.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 103.61.