Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Power and IT sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.06% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 3.65% or 25.35 points to trade at 720.75 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 2.45% or 16.45 points to end at 687.55 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.34% or 9.85 points to 430.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which lost 3.39% or 557.30 points to trade at 15904.40 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 2.51% or 46.95 points to end at 1822.65 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 1.35% or 91.75 points to 6711.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 1.31% to 3659.50, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 0.96% to settle at 1737.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 0.89% to close at 2202.30.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 3.51% to 15896.70 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 2.08% to settle at 1829.90 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.36% to 6715.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1079 to 603 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1889 rose and 1155 declined, while 101 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.35% to 13.4975.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.75% or 13.55 to $1794.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $70.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 74.220, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 87.1640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.002.