Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.26%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 7.02% or 36.85 points to trade at 561.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.70% or 28.35 points to end at 1078.50 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.22% or 21.50 points to 989.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 1.47% or 12.20 points to trade at 819.75 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 1.39% or 103.60 points to end at 7326.75 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was down 0.96% or 6.75 points to 697.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 2.69% to 1078.40, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.09% to settle at 989.50 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.07% to close at 1576.90.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.32% to 7328.25 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 0.81% to settle at 2415.60 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.78% to 17535.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 851 to 848 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1707 rose and 1380 declined, while 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) rose to all time highs; up 7.02% or 36.85 to 561.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.26% to 12.5900.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 6.85 to $1816.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.61% or 0.46 to hit $74.79 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.47 to trade at $76.02 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 74.538, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 87.9405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.623.