Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Auto and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.49% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 3.46% or 45.30 points to trade at 1352.75 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 3.41% or 9.60 points to end at 290.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.76% or 5.30 points to 197.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which lost 2.53% or 11.10 points to trade at 427.05 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.40% or 19.70 points to end at 800.25 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 2.63% or 8.70 points to 323.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 3.36% to 290.65, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.29% to settle at 1350.55 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which gained 2.36% to close at 1585.00.
The worst performers were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 2.31% to 323.90 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.61% to settle at 914.05 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 1.31% to 2611.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1152 to 412 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1917 fell and 905 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.24% to 11.7400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.62 to $1266.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.26 to trade at $52.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 64.145, while EUR/INR fell 0.69% to 69.8033.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.97.