Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.38% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.32% or 62.05 points to trade at 1,933.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 3.29% or 8.90 points to end at 279.65 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was up 2.84% or 24.55 points to 889.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which fell 1.63% or 10.75 points to trade at 650.20 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 1.35% or 21.00 points to end at 1,536.95 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was down 1.27% or 37.35 points to 2,906.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.72% to 914.90, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.42% to settle at 3,262.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.82% to close at 1,455.00.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.34% to 1,536.80 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.18% to settle at 2,908.10 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.76% to 22,150.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1303 to 719 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2088 rose and 1434 declined, while 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.32% or 62.05 to 1,933.00. Shares in Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.84% or 24.55 to 889.30. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.72% or 24.25 to 914.90. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.42% or 76.95 to 3,262.85. Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.82% or 26.00 to 1,455.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.18% to 11.83.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.45 to $1,933.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.64% or 0.57 to hit $89.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.55 to trade at $92.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 82.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 89.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.42.