Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which rose 2.56% or 16.25 points to trade at 650.25 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 1.85% or 33.80 points to end at 1,860.10 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 1.48% or 105.80 points to 7,232.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 2.25% or 36.45 points to trade at 1,584.10 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.15% or 33.05 points to end at 1,500.85 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 1.78% or 162.65 points to 8,999.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 1.60% to 1,856.00, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 1.41% to settle at 1,630.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.36% to close at 372.50.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.17% to 1,584.50 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.63% to settle at 788.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.36% to 325.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1460 to 1011 and 167 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2290 rose and 1514 declined, while 96 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.85% to 14.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 3.49 to $2,664.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.69% or 0.48 to hit $70.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.56 to trade at $74.18 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 84.75, while EUR/INR fell 0.02% to 88.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 106.49.