Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, Healthcare and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.65%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 4.42% or 126.40 points to trade at 2979.05 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 3.86% or 34.90 points to end at 934.20 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.78% or 249.80 points to 9220.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 2.59% or 6.70 points to trade at 252.30 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 2.01% or 19.85 points to end at 965.45 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 1.98% or 12.65 points to 628.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which rose 3.95% to 2978.20, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.69% to settle at 9220.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 2.09% to close at 1922.85.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.64% to 152.50 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 1.21% to settle at 228.15 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.20% to 155.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 845 to 732 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1313 fell and 1222 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.63% to 12.6575.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.60 to $1258.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 68.725, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 79.9971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.41.