Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 9.73% or 284.75 points to trade at 3,212.10 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 2.60% or 108.60 points to end at 4,286.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 2.47% or 117.65 points to 4,881.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 1.66% or 3.85 points to trade at 227.50 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.29% or 2.30 points to end at 175.80 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) shed 1.19% or 234.30 points to 19,440.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.35% to 4,877.75, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.52% to settle at 1,428.45 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 1.27% to close at 1,684.75.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.58% to 227.60 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 1.28% to settle at 19,420.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.24% to 175.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1146 to 786 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1975 rose and 1403 declined, while 114 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.48% to 12.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.26% or 5.35 to $2,024.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $81.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $85.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 82.08, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 89.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.72.