Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 2.36% or 4.80 points to trade at 208.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 2.66% or 21.55 points to end at 829.60 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 1.99% or 29.70 points to 1526.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 1.04% or 2.90 points to trade at 275.85 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 1.50% or 39.15 points to end at 2569.85 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was down 1.18% or 2.35 points to 196.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 2.66% to 208.35, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 2.02% to settle at 1526.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.38% to close at 736.55.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.38% to 333.00 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 1.33% to settle at 196.25 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.21% to 1389.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 806 to 750 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1313 fell and 1172 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.18% to 16.0775.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.35 to $1289.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $60.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 71.175, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 81.1715.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.623.