Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Power, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 9.09% or 14.75 points to trade at 177.10 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 6.70% or 24.95 points to end at 397.20 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 4.82% or 1013.35 points to 22029.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 1.45% or 6.70 points to trade at 455.00 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.05% or 2.95 points to end at 278.10 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) shed 1.03% or 10.70 points to 1030.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 6.77% to 397.45, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.99% to settle at 1107.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 2.73% to close at 619.00.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.30% to 1027.85 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.14% to settle at 2126.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.09% to 176.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1011 to 579 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1522 rose and 954 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.04% to 23.5675 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for October delivery was up 1.80% or 36.25 to $2044.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.64% or 1.10 to hit $42.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.36% or 1.05 to trade at $45.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 74.812, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 88.6115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 92.910.