Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.62%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.88% or 14.05 points to trade at 501.95 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 2.47% or 2.95 points to end at 122.30 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was up 2.35% or 51.95 points to 2,265.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 1.55% or 6.45 points to trade at 408.85 in late trade. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 1.50% or 54.45 points to end at 3,584.90 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) shed 1.49% or 9.10 points to 600.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 2.72% to 122.60, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.41% to settle at 2,266.45 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.78% to close at 403.20.
The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 1.28% to 7,279.60 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.67% to settle at 1,222.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.53% to 19,820.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1020 to 873 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1848 rose and 1542 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.49% to 14.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 5.90 to $1,915.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.93% or 1.55 to hit $82.00 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 1.32 to trade at $87.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.41% to 81.29, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 88.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 101.71.