Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Banking and IT sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which rose 4.69% or 3.80 points to trade at 84.80 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 4.13% or 19.95 points to end at 503.35 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 3.60% or 29.65 points to 853.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 6.30% or 33.65 points to trade at 500.20 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) declined 4.36% or 18.95 points to end at 415.95 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 2.23% or 28.05 points to 1229.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.02% to 502.95, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 3.13% to settle at 849.10 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.09% to close at 2210.10.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.18% to 271.50 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.96% to settle at 401.00 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.95% to 1780.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1007 to 541 and 21 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1561 fell and 965 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.02% to 11.7550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.84 to $1338.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.95% or 0.46 to hit $48.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.42 to trade at $54.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 63.995, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 76.6370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 91.82.