Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 2.13% or 2.55 points to trade at 122.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 1.82% or 175.15 points to end at 9,796.40 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 1.50% or 50.40 points to 3,405.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 1.61% or 4.05 points to trade at 247.10 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.49% or 5.30 points to end at 351.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was down 1.42% or 42.55 points to 2,945.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 2.09% to 122.05, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.53% to settle at 1,583.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.50% to close at 9,764.40.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.59% to 247.15 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 1.37% to settle at 5,650.15 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.31% to 567.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1282 to 716 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2203 rose and 1310 declined, while 136 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) rose to all time highs; up 1.53% or 23.90 to 1,583.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.48% to 11.80.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $1,965.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.69% or 0.56 to hit $81.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.48 to trade at $85.39 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 82.70, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 90.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 103.42.