Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.02% or 17.90 points to trade at 463.35 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 3.73% or 16.90 points to end at 470.50 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 3.58% or 157.80 points to 4563.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 1.01% or 2.05 points to trade at 201.55 in late trade. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) declined 0.96% or 10.95 points to end at 1124.30 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 0.75% or 5.15 points to 685.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.94% to 6773.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.67% to settle at 684.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.42% to close at 797.10.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.03% to 201.55 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 0.77% to settle at 685.40 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.24% to 212.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1400 to 393 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2352 rose and 887 declined, while 103 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.46% to 16.5800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.16% or 2.95 to $1791.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.24% to 75.509, while EUR/INR fell 0.11% to 85.3070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.360.