Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Auto, IT and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 2.58% or 10.25 points to trade at 407.65 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 2.04% or 25.55 points to end at 1275.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 1.71% or 5.30 points to 315.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 2.91% or 70.20 points to trade at 2339.00 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 2.75% or 8.75 points to end at 309.95 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 1.73% or 3.40 points to 193.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 2.78% to 407.85, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.17% to settle at 1276.15 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.88% to close at 315.05.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.97% to 2336.20 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.73% to settle at 310.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.65% to 193.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1073 to 507 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1867 rose and 939 declined, while 113 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.46% to 13.6225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1315.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $66.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 63.535, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 76.3536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.