Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.53% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 3.13% or 5.25 points to trade at 172.50 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 3.09% or 36.60 points to end at 1217.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.28% or 62.60 points to 2813.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which lost 5.13% or 44.45 points to trade at 825.55 in late trade. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 2.14% or 201.50 points to end at 9207.40 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 1.63% or 4.70 points to 282.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 2.87% to 171.90, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.85% to settle at 1217.25 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.63% to close at 318.20.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.99% to 9209.50 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 0.96% to settle at 2658.00 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 0.90% to 224.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 841 to 748 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1392 fell and 1256 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.30% to 12.5400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1219.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $74.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 68.635, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 79.6500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.09.