Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.21% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 5.20% or 42.60 points to trade at 862.50 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.42% or 42.05 points to end at 1,780.00 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 2.38% or 2.65 points to 113.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 0.98% or 69.90 points to trade at 7,096.85 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 0.97% or 13.00 points to end at 1,323.25 and Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) shed 0.87% or 8.55 points to 977.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 2.39% to 113.75, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.65% to settle at 246.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.28% to close at 2,552.60.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.98% to 1,322.90 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 0.98% to settle at 7,096.10 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.88% to 977.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1053 to 882 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1853 rose and 1606 declined, while 121 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.47% to 11.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 2.85 to $1,961.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.43% or 0.99 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 1.12 to trade at $75.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.24% to 82.09, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 88.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.73.