Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.52% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 8.31% or 5.25 points to trade at 68.25 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.09% or 127.15 points to end at 4234.65 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.86% or 9.60 points to 343.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 3.20% or 7.45 points to trade at 225.30 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.20% or 10.55 points to end at 468.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.75% or 23.90 points to 1335.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 7.65% to 68.25, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 2.43% to settle at 343.60 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.38% to close at 7296.70.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 2.05% to 1334.90 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.07% to settle at 505.65 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.86% to 246.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 800 to 765 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1238 fell and 1163 advanced, while 196 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.48% to 14.6175 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.95 to $1466.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $58.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $63.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 71.375, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 78.5555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.260.