Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Green Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.43% or 8.050 points to trade at 339.900 at the close. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 2.28% or 6.60 points to end at 295.55 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 2.00% or 1.40 points to 71.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv), which lost 1.75% or 5.20 points to trade at 291.50 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) declined 1.42% or 16.00 points to end at 1112.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 1.27% or 13.55 points to 1051.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 2.06% to 295.30, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was up 1.36% to settle at 470.30 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.15% to close at 3070.50.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.15% to 1052.20 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 1.13% to settle at 388.30 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 0.96% to 3004.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 930 to 546 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1486 rose and 1078 declined, while 172 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.05% to 15.5425.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.15% or 1.75 to $1140.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $54.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $57.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 68.168, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 71.1319.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 103.19.