Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 8.12% or 23.20 points to trade at 307.00 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 5.31% or 22.60 points to end at 450.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 4.91% or 68.45 points to 1469.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 3.17% or 7.95 points to trade at 240.90 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 1.50% or 2.00 points to end at 130.90 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 1.39% or 22.65 points to 1599.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 5.73% to 450.20, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 5.50% to settle at 1468.70 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 2.65% to close at 65.85.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.49% to 1599.10 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 0.83% to settle at 398.55 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 0.77% to 76.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 834 to 728 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1287 fell and 1139 advanced, while 190 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.64% to 15.1600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.95 to $1476.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.15 to trade at $61.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 71.855, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 79.5290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.843.