Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.38% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.32% or 62.05 points to trade at 1,933.00 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 3.29% or 8.90 points to end at 279.65 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was up 2.84% or 24.55 points to 889.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 1.63% or 10.75 points to trade at 650.20 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.35% or 21.00 points to end at 1,536.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.27% or 37.35 points to 2,906.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.72% to 914.90, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.42% to settle at 3,262.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.82% to close at 1,455.00.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.34% to 1,536.80 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.18% to settle at 2,908.10 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.76% to 22,150.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1303 to 719 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2088 rose and 1434 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.18% to 11.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.35 to $1,933.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.64% or 0.57 to hit $89.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.55 to trade at $92.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 82.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 89.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.42.