Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 4.59% or 13.05 points to trade at 296.80 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.46% or 72.40 points to end at 3014.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 2.31% or 11.75 points to 521.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 7.88% or 28.75 points to trade at 336.70 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 7.92% or 35.75 points to end at 417.30 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 6.72% or 12.05 points to 167.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.85% to 3015.50, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.50% to settle at 520.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.73% to close at 1415.00.
The worst performers were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 2.42% to 377.10 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.26% to settle at 257.30 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.26% to 312.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 971 to 628 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1468 fell and 1156 advanced, while 120 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.53% to 14.7200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.60 to $1349.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.56% or 0.37 to hit $65.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.43% to 65.215, while EUR/INR rose 0.57% to 80.7035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.