Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.73%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 3.53% or 6.60 points to trade at 193.80 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 2.99% or 8.90 points to end at 306.80 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 3.00% or 10.95 points to 376.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 2.18% or 14.15 points to trade at 635.45 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 2.08% or 5.55 points to end at 262.40 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 1.52% or 3.70 points to 240.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 3.40% to 193.20, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 3.11% to settle at 306.50 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.98% to close at 649.85.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.30% to 635.55 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.70% to settle at 262.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.28% to 375.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 977 to 635 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1498 fell and 1058 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.05% to 14.2500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1202.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.85% or 0.59 to hit $69.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.17 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.55% to 72.155, while EUR/INR fell 0.89% to 83.5480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.10.