Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 5.39% or 196.55 points to trade at 3,841.95 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 3.77% or 42.65 points to end at 1,174.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.72% or 18.15 points to 505.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.95% or 143.85 points to trade at 7,217.00 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.08% or 2.30 points to end at 210.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 0.97% or 14.60 points to 1,495.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 3.83% to 1,174.60, LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was up 2.71% to settle at 5,400.95 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.69% to close at 1,411.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.84% to 7,223.95 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.97% to settle at 1,495.40 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.97% to 210.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1248 to 820 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2165 rose and 1453 declined, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.47% to 11.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.53% or 10.35 to $1,976.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.48 to hit $77.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.36 to trade at $82.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 83.12, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 90.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 104.11.