Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.74%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 4.30% or 31.55 points to trade at 765.85 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.17% or 12.95 points to end at 421.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.92% or 6.05 points to 213.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which lost 2.89% or 125.00 points to trade at 4205.85 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 1.87% or 20.05 points to end at 1050.00 and ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) shed 1.42% or 24.90 points to 1734.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.21% to 421.35, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.66% to settle at 255.05 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.42% to close at 291.50.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.56% to 979.90 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 0.49% to settle at 3766.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.46% to 1152.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1060 to 499 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1670 rose and 939 declined, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.05% to 11.2550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.07 to $1238.83 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.25 to trade at $49.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 64.331, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 74.1824.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.55.