Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Auto and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 5.48% or 109.65 points to trade at 2112.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 5.39% or 19.85 points to end at 388.00 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was up 3.95% or 3.60 points to 94.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 5.51% or 9.40 points to trade at 161.20 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 5.15% or 8.95 points to end at 164.95 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 2.90% or 4.00 points to 134.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 5.48% to 2112.00, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 5.43% to settle at 388.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 3.80% to close at 946.30.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 5.81% to 163.80 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.57% to settle at 2009.85 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.11% to 1910.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 780 to 708 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1181 fell and 1044 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.41% to 41.2475.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 3.40 to $1707.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.66% or 0.90 to hit $25.46 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 0.65 to trade at $31.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 75.840, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 81.9030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.138.