Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 3.53% or 37.55 points to trade at 1095.15 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 2.51% or 501.15 points to end at 20521.20 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.19% or 158.95 points to 7440.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 6.10% or 25.65 points to trade at 396.10 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 3.66% or 13.70 points to end at 360.35 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 3.37% or 8.45 points to 242.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.93% to 1095.65, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.55% to settle at 7439.50 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.87% to close at 275.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.59% to 360.75 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 1.95% to settle at 146.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.53% to 141.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 778 to 767 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1209 fell and 1169 advanced, while 184 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.64% to 16.5350.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 6.75 to $1494.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.10% or 0.60 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.50 to trade at $59.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.21% to 70.955, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 78.8595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 97.343.