Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.86% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 27.69% or 70.45 points to trade at 324.90 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 14.69% or 39.15 points to end at 305.70 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 5.52% or 233.15 points to 4460.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 5.96% or 20.70 points to trade at 326.90 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 5.16% or 94.15 points to end at 1726.35 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 5.18% or 55.15 points to 1010.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 27.58% to 324.70, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 14.69% to settle at 305.60 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 5.65% to close at 1204.45.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 3.79% to 1794.50 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 2.60% to settle at 1677.90 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 2.22% to 1003.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 923 to 655 and 14 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1521 fell and 1132 advanced, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.47% to 11.7600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.18 to $1274.12 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $52.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $58.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.38% to 64.935, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 76.5968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.71.