Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.85% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 6.28% or 16.25 points to trade at 274.90 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.84% or 25.80 points to end at 558.60 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 3.42% or 14.70 points to 444.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 1.82% or 444.50 points to trade at 23930.00 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.75% or 3.50 points to end at 196.15 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 1.35% or 1.35 points to 98.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 2.65% to 1019.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.48% to settle at 8121.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.91% to close at 2054.85.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.20% to 195.40 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.40% to settle at 98.25 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.84% to 1490.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 846 to 796 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1498 rose and 1382 declined, while 146 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.88% to 21.5500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 13.90 to $1854.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.54 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.41 to trade at $56.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.25% to 73.010, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 88.4980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.407.