Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.74% or 10.20 points to trade at 383.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.46% or 19.65 points to end at 817.20 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 2.13% or 64.65 points to 3,098.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which lost 1.30% or 12.30 points to trade at 935.80 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 0.98% or 13.80 points to end at 1,390.50 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 0.90% or 2.15 points to 237.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 2.09% to 3,097.00, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.24% to settle at 3,311.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.16% to close at 2,994.55.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.44% to 934.65 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.05% to settle at 236.60 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.87% to 1,392.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1152 to 920 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1924 rose and 1651 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.38% to 11.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 6.70 to $1,966.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.87% or 0.67 to hit $76.70 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.63 to trade at $80.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 83.28, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 88.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 105.69.