Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and IT sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Trent Ltd (NS:TREN), which rose 2.69% or 185.25 points to trade at 7,063.30 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.58% or 178.90 points to end at 7,115.10 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was up 2.14% or 102.25 points to 4,889.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 1.26% or 12.75 points to trade at 1,000.20 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.20% or 14.95 points to end at 1,233.80 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) shed 0.99% or 3.65 points to 365.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.42% to 7,103.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.20% to settle at 2,242.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.20% to close at 1,684.00.
The worst performers were JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 1.42% to 998.60 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 0.79% to settle at 365.90 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.61% to 862.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1284 to 1192 and 148 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2051 rose and 1761 declined, while 106 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.08% to 13.22 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 7.69 to $2,726.09 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.87% or 0.60 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.61 to trade at $72.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 84.82, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 89.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 106.44.