Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 2.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 11.79% or 19.10 points to trade at 181.15 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) added 7.34% or 15.05 points to end at 220.00 and Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) was up 6.79% or 5.00 points to 78.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 5.44% or 68.95 points to trade at 1199.15 in late trade. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) declined 2.16% or 6.85 points to end at 311.00 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.91% or 16.55 points to 851.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 11.50% to 180.85, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 7.36% to settle at 220.20 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which gained 6.55% to close at 74.80.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 5.31% to 1199.05 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.97% to settle at 311.45 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.75% to 852.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1162 to 266 and 42 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 642 rose and 178 declined, while 26 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.70% to 18.9900.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.06% or 0.71 to hit $33.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.36 to trade at $36.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 67.621, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 73.4320.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 98.48.