Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.66% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 4.50% or 53.95 points to trade at 1253.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) added 3.63% or 107.75 points to end at 3080.00 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was up 2.86% or 89.65 points to 3226.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 4.56% or 9.90 points to trade at 207.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 4.07% or 141.30 points to end at 3333.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 2.78% or 9.80 points to 342.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 4.53% to 1254.35, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 3.55% to settle at 3078.70 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 2.28% to close at 7047.75.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 4.12% to 3331.20 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.18% to settle at 159.60 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.84% to 370.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1033 to 599 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1558 fell and 1032 advanced, while 198 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.86% or 89.65 to 3226.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.16% to 20.0600.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.91% or 17.35 to $1891.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.80% or 1.14 to hit $39.53 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.34% or 1.00 to trade at $41.65 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 73.308, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 86.1590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.850.