Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.35%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 11.50% or 247.30 points to trade at 2,397.80 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 6.30% or 71.10 points to end at 1,199.95 and Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS:BAJE) was up 3.17% or 9.45 points to 307.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which lost 1.33% or 93.85 points to trade at 6,982.70 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.08% or 35.85 points to end at 3,291.65 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.04% or 6.10 points to 582.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.31% to 370.00, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 1.38% to settle at 1,810.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.31% to close at 6,705.95.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 0.85% to 584.05 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 0.77% to settle at 3,290.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.57% to 834.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1698 to 772 and 152 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2445 rose and 1315 declined, while 107 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.21% to 14.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.01% or 26.79 to $2,673.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $69.01 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.23 to trade at $72.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 84.44, while EUR/INR rose 0.42% to 88.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 106.43.