Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.31%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 4.45% or 17.80 points to trade at 418.20 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 2.85% or 47.25 points to end at 1704.55 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.16% or 3.60 points to 170.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 1.81% or 10.75 points to trade at 582.25 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.62% or 6.00 points to end at 363.70 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) shed 1.76% or 314.75 points to 17585.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 4.39% to 417.70, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.11% to settle at 169.60 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.14% to close at 1308.40.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.85% to 582.35 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.58% to settle at 333.90 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.44% to 363.90 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 828 to 749 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1379 fell and 1239 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.20% to 15.1075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.40 to $1315.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.94% or 0.60 to hit $64.14 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.67 to trade at $68.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 65.212, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 80.0596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.77.