Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Banking and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.84%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 5.93% or 38.25 points to trade at 683.40 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 4.82% or 29.45 points to end at 640.70 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 2.41% or 16.85 points to 717.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 3.99% or 30.65 points to trade at 738.10 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 1.79% or 100.60 points to end at 5515.15 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 1.00% or 9.80 points to 973.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 5.94% to 683.30, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 2.42% to settle at 1774.10 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.41% to close at 717.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.75% to 5517.00 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.79% to settle at 2567.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.57% to 2394.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1040 to 590 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1759 rose and 1071 declined, while 153 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.55% to 21.9625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.02% or 0.35 to $1776.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.72 to hit $66.41 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.74 to trade at $69.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 73.879, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 88.7660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 91.220.