Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 6.73% or 39.35 points to trade at 623.65 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 4.20% or 29.95 points to end at 743.40 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.60% or 9.35 points to 268.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 2.68% or 35.55 points to trade at 1,292.90 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.22% or 32.40 points to end at 1,425.35 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.41% or 21.80 points to 1,520.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 4.15% to 742.70, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 2.43% to settle at 141.25 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.40% to close at 1,096.55.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.78% to 1,292.35 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.26% to settle at 1,522.50 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.08% to 4,104.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1398 to 729 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2314 rose and 1390 declined, while 82 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.36% to 15.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 3.85 to $2,003.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $78.00 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.21 to trade at $82.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.04, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 88.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.85.