Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 3.59% or 18.15 points to trade at 522.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 2.51% or 10.75 points to end at 439.75 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 2.07% or 5.35 points to 264.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which fell 2.89% or 5.20 points to trade at 174.80 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.09% or 2.50 points to end at 117.35 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was down 1.86% or 14.30 points to 754.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.37% to 522.90, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.53% to settle at 439.90 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 1.88% to close at 1778.05.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.18% to 73.05 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 3.05% to settle at 174.70 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 1.79% to 46.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 856 to 699 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1257 fell and 1117 advanced, while 191 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.44% to 12.3375 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.75 to $1483.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.77% or 0.47 to hit $60.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.32 to trade at $65.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 71.054, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 79.1185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.845.