Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.82% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC), which rose 6.73% or 20.45 points to trade at 324.30 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) added 6.31% or 14.10 points to end at 237.50 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 5.26% or 73.75 points to 1475.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 1.40% or 5.35 points to trade at 376.55 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.01% or 12.50 points to end at 1219.75 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) shed 0.93% or 10.45 points to 1115.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 6.75% to 324.40, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 6.31% to settle at 237.45 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 4.62% to close at 91.70.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.08% to 1115.55 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.98% to settle at 1220.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.20% to 353.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1145 to 280 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 665 rose and 167 declined, while 25 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.71% to 16.8075.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1239.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.75% or 0.67 to hit $38.95 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 0.55 to trade at $40.40 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 66.346, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 75.0890.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.92.