Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.82% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI), which rose 2.51% or 101.50 points to trade at 4152.15 at the close. Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) added 2.18% or 12.35 points to end at 577.75 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) was up 2.16% or 8.35 points to 394.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which lost 1.44% or 2.45 points to trade at 167.90 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) declined 1.00% or 9.30 points to end at 917.65 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB) shed 0.95% or 7.70 points to 804.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.63% to 4155.00, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.22% to settle at 394.30 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which gained 2.13% to close at 74.45.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 0.35% to 280.70 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 0.11% to settle at 268.30 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 0.09% to 273.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 817 to 620 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 413 rose and 340 declined, while 3 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 2.76% to 15.5675.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1153.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.84% or 0.45 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.56 to trade at $58.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 63.385, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 69.8630.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.78.