Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.65%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which rose 5.40% or 1162.80 points to trade at 22686.20 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) added 4.51% or 136.15 points to end at 3156.55 and NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) was up 2.77% or 4.10 points to 152.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which lost 0.76% or 11.80 points to trade at 1532.90 in late trade. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) declined 0.73% or 2.30 points to end at 311.00 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) shed 0.60% or 2.20 points to 366.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which rose 3.95% to 3145.00, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 3.29% to settle at 127.05 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which gained 2.36% to close at 151.60.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.58% to 366.20 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 0.72% to settle at 310.90 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.18% to 356.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1089 to 362 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1194 rose and 397 declined, while 48 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.11% to 16.2875.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.19% or 2.45 to $1320.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.30% or 0.62 to hit $48.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.58 to trade at $49.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 67.611, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 75.0040.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 95.99.