Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.31% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ACC Ltd (NS:ACC), which rose 3.22% or 53.20 points to trade at 1705.95 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 2.55% or 10.45 points to end at 420.30 and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) was up 2.29% or 5.85 points to 261.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 1.47% or 36.35 points to trade at 2439.45 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 0.97% or 13.45 points to end at 1376.70 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) shed 0.72% or 27.10 points to 3718.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.04% to 1129.70, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was up 1.80% to settle at 370.05 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.59% to close at 162.85.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.33% to 2439.10 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.97% to settle at 1376.60 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.51% to 328.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 898 to 663 and 14 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1433 rose and 1178 declined, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.49% to 11.0525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.12 to $1216.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.53% or 0.69 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.64 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 64.549, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 73.9423.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.50.