Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 2.20% or 12.85 points to trade at 598.00 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 2.00% or 26.20 points to end at 1339.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 1.80% or 5.75 points to 324.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 3.00% or 80.75 points to trade at 2615.25 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) declined 2.14% or 8.75 points to end at 399.90 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.99% or 11.15 points to 549.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 1.96% to 1339.20, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 1.91% to settle at 324.75 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.49% to close at 1432.75.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.97% to 2615.35 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.10% to settle at 548.85 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.83% to 961.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 901 to 658 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1425 rose and 1163 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.18% to 10.8900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.46% or 6.01 to $1291.49 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.52% or 0.25 to hit $47.94 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.32 to trade at $49.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 64.340, while EUR/INR fell 0.76% to 72.1100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.90.