Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 6.88% or 209.20 points to trade at 3258.65 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 6.91% or 47.90 points to end at 734.30 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 5.02% or 37.55 points to 790.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 4.38% or 119.10 points to trade at 2586.35 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 1.27% or 10.60 points to end at 821.65 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 0.77% or 1.95 points to 250.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which rose 7.01% to 3248.30, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 6.69% to settle at 309.50 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 5.30% to close at 186.80.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 0.33% to 330.05 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 0.36% to settle at 1328.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 0.66% to 678.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1336 to 256 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1856 rose and 619 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 11.90% to 15.8100 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.22% or 2.75 to $1249.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.82% or 0.94 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 0.94 to trade at $61.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.48% to 71.965, while EUR/INR fell 0.30% to 81.5750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.338.