Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Consumer Durables and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.00% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 9.08% or 8.85 points to trade at 106.35 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) added 6.53% or 21.90 points to end at 357.45 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 4.89% or 4.75 points to 101.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which lost 3.15% or 3.80 points to trade at 116.90 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 2.75% or 69.40 points to end at 2450.35 and Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) shed 2.63% or 10.450 points to 386.350.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 9.15% to 106.15, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 6.52% to settle at 356.85 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which gained 4.79% to close at 101.75.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.79% to 2451.90 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.21% to settle at 1038.30 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.31% to 3669.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 816 to 617 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 492 rose and 340 declined, while 31 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.75% to 17.0750.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.20 to $1250.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.95% or 0.83 to hit $41.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 0.76 to trade at $43.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 66.210, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 75.2560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.05.