Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.45%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 5.55% or 1366.75 points to trade at 26010.00 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.93% or 7.40 points to end at 157.45 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 3.90% or 3.10 points to 82.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which lost 1.94% or 21.50 points to trade at 1089.00 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) declined 1.60% or 7.15 points to end at 440.70 and Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) shed 1.28% or 4.25 points to 328.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 4.96% to 174.65, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was up 4.21% to settle at 156.10 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which gained 3.25% to close at 379.80.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.87% to 1089.70 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 0.99% to settle at 328.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.97% to 887.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 975 to 506 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1614 rose and 991 declined, while 215 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.82% to 13.8475.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1329.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.92% or 0.41 to hit $45.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.53 to trade at $47.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 66.471, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 74.5300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.47.