Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.95%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 4.78% or 279.05 points to trade at 6,120.00 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 3.69% or 136.60 points to end at 3,841.35 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 3.15% or 43.25 points to 1,415.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which lost 4.22% or 153.30 points to trade at 3,480.00 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.03% or 38.30 points to end at 3,697.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 0.39% or 1.95 points to 502.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 4.61% to 6,115.00, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 3.42% to settle at 1,418.50 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 2.28% to close at 1,627.15.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 4.22% to 3,480.15 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 1.03% to settle at 3,697.40 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 0.17% to 1,825.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1440 to 685 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2333 rose and 1363 declined, while 76 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.34% to 16.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.23% or 4.65 to $2,055.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 0.94 to hit $76.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.92 to trade at $81.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 83.06, while EUR/INR fell 0.21% to 89.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.38.