Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Banking sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the IT, Technology and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 4.19% or 27.25 points to trade at 677.50 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) added 2.38% or 49.20 points to end at 2,115.20 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was up 2.24% or 13.25 points to 606.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 2.67% or 36.05 points to trade at 1,315.00 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 2.64% or 7.25 points to end at 267.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.99% or 34.45 points to 1,695.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.78% to 675.50, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 1.87% to settle at 6,724.95 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.77% to close at 1,069.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.33% to 267.95 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.31% to settle at 1,319.20 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.97% to 1,695.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1226 to 928 and 35 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2161 rose and 1560 declined, while 85 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.77% to 15.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.11% or 2.35 to $2,049.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.75% or 0.55 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.54 to trade at $79.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 82.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 89.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 103.92.