Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.29%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 4.24% or 3.65 points to trade at 91.20 at the close. Meanwhile, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 5.29% or 70.75 points to end at 1412.85 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 3.93% or 5.25 points to 139.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 5.25% or 20.00 points to trade at 361.60 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 4.64% or 32.80 points to end at 674.10 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 2.82% or 9.75 points to 337.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 6.04% to 91.30, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 5.32% to settle at 1408.00 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 4.15% to close at 431.90.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 4.55% to 674.40 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.66% to settle at 336.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.23% to 1166.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 838 to 735 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1295 fell and 1096 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.17% to 13.5900.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 2.20 to $1431.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.33 to hit $58.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.40 to trade at $65.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 68.791, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 76.6710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.857.