Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 0.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE), which rose 2.80% or 11.30 points to trade at 414.50 at the close. Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) added 2.77% or 15.50 points to end at 575.35 and Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) was up 2.75% or 29.10 points to 1086.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB), which lost 1.31% or 11.05 points to trade at 830.60 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) declined 1.14% or 4.35 points to end at 376.40 and Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) shed 1.11% or 4.90 points to 438.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which rose 2.94% to 574.60, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.52% to settle at 1086.55 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 2.36% to close at 2569.70.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.10% to 376.75 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.08% to settle at 438.05 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.99% to 285.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 936 to 518 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 477 rose and 279 declined, while 4 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.11% to 14.6650.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.10 to $1085.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.32 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.46 to trade at $50.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 63.770, while EUR/INR fell 0.27% to 69.2670.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.20.