Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Capital Goods and Carbon sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 2.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 2.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which rose 10.05% or 48.25 points to trade at 528.50 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 5.03% or 52.50 points to end at 1096.15 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 4.65% or 10.45 points to 235.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 4.91% or 24.25 points to trade at 469.80 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 0.49% or 7.20 points to end at 1472.35 and Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) gained 0.52% or 1.45 points to 281.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 4.48% to 234.45, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 4.34% to settle at 122.65 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which gained 4.02% to close at 1291.30.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 4.97% to 470.30 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which gained 0.34% to settle at 281.00 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 0.92% to 2920.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 992 to 422 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1058 rose and 489 declined, while 60 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.32% to 15.5200 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.64% or 7.85 to $1221.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.63 to trade at $49.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 67.415, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 75.0850.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.60.