Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.77%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 11.97% or 249.35 points to trade at 2311.80 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 8.97% or 25.65 points to end at 315.85 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) was up 6.08% or 13.25 points to 232.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 4.15% or 8.85 points to trade at 204.00 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 4.54% or 117.50 points to end at 2475.15 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 2.12% or 17.55 points to 809.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 10.79% to 316.75, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 4.49% to settle at 1189.95 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.21% to close at 1520.75.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 4.52% to 204.00 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 4.30% to settle at 2475.30 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.40% to 313.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 873 to 718 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1312 rose and 1160 declined, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.83% to 18.8800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1233.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.38 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 73.155, while EUR/INR fell 0.99% to 83.5445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.11.