Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Green Energy and Carbon sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.89%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB), which rose 4.04% or 29.45 points to trade at 758.45 at the close. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NSE:ABUJ) added 2.96% or 6.05 points to end at 210.45 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) was up 2.50% or 57.80 points to 2368.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which lost 1.96% or 17.25 points to trade at 862.35 in late trade. NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) declined 1.76% or 1.80 points to end at 100.35 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NSE:ASPN) shed 0.86% or 7.15 points to 823.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.48% to 359.10, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.38% to settle at 887.35 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.35% to close at 494.10.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 0.66% to 210.30 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.60% to settle at 3987.00 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 0.58% to 1547.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 774 to 645 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 404 fell and 354 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 7.35% to 21.9975.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.45% or 5.00 to $1107.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.70% or 0.76 to hit $45.35 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.70 to trade at $48.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 66.451, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 74.6300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.88.