Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.27% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 2.78% or 31.70 points to trade at 1,172.30 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 1.80% or 9.95 points to end at 562.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 1.60% or 3.90 points to 247.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 1.96% or 13.60 points to trade at 680.80 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.30% or 64.25 points to end at 4,869.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 0.45% or 5.70 points to 1,265.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.84% to 1,172.75, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.83% to settle at 247.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.24% to close at 6,631.20.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.33% to 4,865.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.59% to settle at 1,263.10 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.41% to 953.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1044 to 883 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1756 rose and 1618 declined, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.19% to 13.08 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 4.15 to $2,038.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.15% or 0.85 to hit $72.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.85 to trade at $76.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 82.02, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 89.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 101.50.