Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, IT and Auto sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, Healthcare and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 5.52% or 49.20 points to trade at 940.00 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 4.37% or 19.80 points to end at 473.30 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 3.72% or 753.85 points to 21035.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 3.82% or 6.40 points to trade at 161.35 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 3.58% or 8.50 points to end at 229.00 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 3.12% or 22.90 points to 711.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 5.12% to 937.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 3.21% to settle at 2190.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.91% to close at 4983.40.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.94% to 230.70 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 2.89% to settle at 3212.95 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.55% to 538.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 876 to 602 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1525 fell and 1037 advanced, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.19% to 19.5025.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1224.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.90% or 0.41 to hit $45.40 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.32 to trade at $46.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 67.861, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 72.6308.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 100.42.