Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK), which rose 3.78% or 9.65 points to trade at 265.10 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 3.48% or 176.85 points to end at 5265.00 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was up 2.90% or 5.95 points to 211.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which lost 2.71% or 2.15 points to trade at 77.10 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) declined 1.30% or 19.80 points to end at 1498.35 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 0.99% or 4.25 points to 423.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.62% to 265.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 3.39% to settle at 5263.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.15% to close at 258.40.
The worst performers were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 0.91% to 1503.20 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 0.74% to settle at 424.80 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.45% to 566.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1055 to 418 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1740 rose and 820 declined, while 196 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.84% to 16.8500.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.11% or 1.35 to $1189.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 5.79% or 2.62 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 6.38% or 3.02 to trade at $50.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 68.487, while EUR/INR fell 0.23% to 72.9020.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 101.15.