Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 2.44% or 11.20 points to trade at 469.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 2.25% or 3.25 points to end at 147.60 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 2.07% or 15.40 points to 759.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 1.59% or 324.80 points to trade at 20,063.50 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 1.20% or 11.20 points to end at 921.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.06% or 8.85 points to 829.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 1.84% to 1,065.05, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.66% to settle at 113.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.63% to close at 171.95.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.82% to 20,020.60 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.16% to settle at 921.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.13% to 828.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1037 to 863 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1937 rose and 1470 declined, while 143 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was unchanged 0.02% to 12.89.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 5.80 to $1,819.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.94% or 0.71 to hit $76.10 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.70 to trade at $81.38 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 82.48, while EUR/INR rose 0.35% to 87.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.39.