Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 7.02% or 11.10 points to trade at 169.40 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 5.88% or 3.50 points to end at 63.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 3.82% or 19.45 points to 529.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which lost 2.26% or 29.70 points to trade at 1285.10 in late trade. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 1.55% or 24.40 points to end at 1552.70 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 1.51% or 3.10 points to 202.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 7.11% to 169.40, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 5.97% to settle at 63.05 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 5.09% to close at 70.15.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 2.16% to 1285.20 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.67% to settle at 1552.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.95% to 1720.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 839 to 711 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1192 rose and 1166 declined, while 188 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.52% to 13.3225 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.75 to $1481.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.52% or 0.85 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.74% or 1.06 to trade at $61.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.24% to 71.556, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 79.2375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.700.