Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.01% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 6.22% or 48.50 points to trade at 828.35 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.97% or 25.40 points to end at 536.65 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 4.89% or 14.30 points to 306.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which lost 2.79% or 76.65 points to trade at 2670.90 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 2.76% or 139.30 points to end at 4902.90 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) shed 2.53% or 642.70 points to 24726.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 6.24% to 828.65, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 4.80% to settle at 306.70 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.35% to close at 211.25.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 3.03% to 4890.20 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 2.76% to settle at 2670.25 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.91% to 8795.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1115 to 546 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1762 fell and 1177 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.95% to 23.2925 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 9.85 to $1854.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.36 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.11 to trade at $56.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 73.183, while EUR/INR fell 0.27% to 89.1265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 90.200.