Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.17% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 4.41% or 27.30 points to trade at 646.20 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 3.12% or 21.45 points to end at 709.40 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.59% or 7.35 points to 291.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 2.88% or 17.25 points to trade at 582.15 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.92% or 7.20 points to end at 368.75 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 1.38% or 24.50 points to 1752.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 2.59% to 291.55, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 1.92% to settle at 636.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.70% to close at 161.20.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.86% to 582.25 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.30% to settle at 1752.40 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 1.17% to 219.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.00% to 12.9025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.30 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.34% or 0.88 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 1.06 to trade at $73.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 69.885, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 80.9760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.06.