Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.40% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 3.56% or 14.40 points to trade at 418.75 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) added 2.85% or 156.35 points to end at 5,644.00 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 2.55% or 11.50 points to 463.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 2.55% or 75.40 points to trade at 2,883.95 in late trade. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 2.16% or 89.50 points to end at 4,047.00 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.57% or 19.25 points to 1,205.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 3.60% to 418.85, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.51% to settle at 463.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 2.31% to close at 3,391.60.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.58% to 281.00 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.16% to settle at 1,119.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 1.04% to 9,229.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1056 to 1039 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1830 rose and 1781 declined, while 139 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.10% to 13.74 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.18% or 3.65 to $2,039.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.18% or 0.85 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.85 to trade at $76.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.33, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 89.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.96.