Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.85%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 14.70% or 200.45 points to trade at 1,564.30 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.47% or 13.85 points to end at 413.05 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.75% or 19.10 points to 713.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which lost 1.84% or 81.95 points to trade at 4,379.80 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.51% or 3.35 points to end at 218.90 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 0.75% or 6.80 points to 899.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 2.69% to 536.80, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.54% to settle at 865.25 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.30% to close at 1,127.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.53% to 218.85 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.22% to settle at 1,597.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.11% to 855.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1459 to 446 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2347 rose and 1031 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.31% to 12.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 2.50 to $1,839.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.90% or 0.69 to hit $76.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.62 to trade at $82.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 82.53, while EUR/INR rose 0.59% to 87.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 104.39.