Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.13% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 2.89% or 63.40 points to trade at 2256.30 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.62% or 14.85 points to end at 582.10 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.41% or 43.00 points to 1824.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 2.14% or 12.40 points to trade at 567.60 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.21% or 4.70 points to end at 382.85 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 1.30% or 7.35 points to 557.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.82% to 2252.00, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.43% to settle at 1824.20 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.70% to close at 287.65.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.12% to 567.50 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 1.48% to settle at 382.15 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.31% to 1619.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 859 to 738 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1349 fell and 1243 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.75% to 12.6350 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1298.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $66.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $75.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 67.634, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 79.5657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.78.