Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Auto and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 2.67% or 21.80 points to trade at 837.60 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 2.10% or 23.15 points to end at 1124.05 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.87% or 18.10 points to 984.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 2.90% or 6.25 points to trade at 209.00 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 1.31% or 13.55 points to end at 1016.95 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) shed 1.09% or 8.15 points to 737.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 1.81% to 1028.00, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.58% to settle at 227.95 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.52% to close at 2201.30.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.88% to 209.00 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.20% to settle at 1018.00 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.08% to 737.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1218 to 465 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2058 rose and 926 declined, while 152 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.02% to 17.2100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 5.75 to $1899.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.02% or 0.69 to hit $68.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.82 to trade at $71.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.33% to 73.099, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 89.0020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 90.157.