Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.00% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 4.50% or 451.30 points to trade at 10,469.95 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.44% or 25.75 points to end at 605.60 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was up 3.79% or 245.10 points to 6,709.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which lost 1.15% or 3.55 points to trade at 306.05 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 0.87% or 1.80 points to end at 205.55 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) shed 0.77% or 22.10 points to 2,843.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 4.23% to 10,445.15, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1,020.95 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.63% to close at 648.35.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.21% to 305.95 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 0.16% to settle at 1,279.10 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.03% to 10,271.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1058 to 1044 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1876 rose and 1794 declined, while 107 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.00% to 15.56 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.26% or 5.35 to $2,075.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.46 to hit $75.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.39 to trade at $80.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 83.34, while EUR/INR rose 0.50% to 92.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.07.