Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Carbon sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.21% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 11.17% or 121.60 points to trade at 1209.80 at the close. Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) added 5.17% or 5.60 points to end at 113.95 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was up 3.94% or 19.85 points to 524.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC), which lost 3.59% or 6.20 points to trade at 166.30 in late trade. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) declined 2.39% or 5.70 points to end at 233.25 and POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD) shed 2.35% or 4.85 points to 201.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 10.97% to 1207.65, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.93% to settle at 524.45 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 2.92% to close at 1020.05.
The worst performers were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 3.36% to 166.60 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 2.22% to settle at 2409.55 and POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.19% to 201.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1024 to 486 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1719 fell and 1051 advanced, while 183 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.29% to 13.7000.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1239.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.57% or 0.31 to hit $54.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.36 to trade at $56.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 66.980, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 70.3636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.62.