Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.22% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 5.30% or 12.15 points to trade at 241.25 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.51% or 12.65 points to end at 373.05 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.50% or 7.50 points to 221.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK), which lost 3.72% or 9.45 points to trade at 244.60 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) declined 3.06% or 14.70 points to end at 465.50 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 2.39% or 4.80 points to 196.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.54% to 373.15, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.41% to settle at 221.65 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 2.64% to close at 373.15.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.66% to 244.80 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 3.11% to settle at 465.50 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.17% to 196.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 749 to 668 and 81 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 413 fell and 403 advanced, while 38 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.37% to 16.3525.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.55 to $1246.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.88% or 0.83 to hit $44.87 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.06% or 0.94 to trade at $46.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 66.457, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 75.2030.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.35.