Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 3.64% or 258.35 points to trade at 7361.50 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 3.46% or 248.30 points to end at 7434.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.38% or 14.95 points to 457.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 1.15% or 8.00 points to trade at 686.40 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 0.86% or 16.70 points to end at 1920.45 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) shed 0.43% or 19.85 points to 4604.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 3.67% to 7363.45, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 3.48% to settle at 7437.25 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 3.11% to close at 491.45.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 0.85% to 1921.60 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.49% to settle at 204.85 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 0.44% to 19422.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1339 to 444 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2255 rose and 938 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.47% to 17.2650.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.48% or 8.55 to $1793.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.34 to trade at $75.10 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 75.472, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 85.2345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.183.