Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Healthcare and Carbon sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.88% or 5.40 points to trade at 116.10 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 4.40% or 9.50 points to end at 225.50 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 3.80% or 3.10 points to 84.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which lost 3.35% or 62.85 points to trade at 1813.00 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 1.95% or 27.95 points to end at 1405.35 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) shed 1.43% or 32.95 points to 2274.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.74% to 2313.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.74% to settle at 84.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 3.19% to close at 604.25.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.29% to 1813.35 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 1.93% to settle at 1405.90 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.28% to 2275.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 950 to 664 and 97 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1667 rose and 1146 declined, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.36% to 19.9075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.82% or 14.95 to $1833.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $47.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 73.773, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 88.9190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 91.377.