Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 9.32% or 149.15 points to trade at 1,750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 7.20% or 42.70 points to end at 636.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 2.76% or 78.60 points to 2,931.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 0.79% or 5.65 points to trade at 709.00 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 0.46% or 3.45 points to end at 745.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 0.37% or 10.40 points to 2,774.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.72% to 1,068.75, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.21% to settle at 7,570.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.93% to close at 1,246.80.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.63% to 743.45 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 0.56% to settle at 2,235.25 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 0.53% to 2,769.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1353 to 585 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2074 rose and 1321 declined, while 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.21% or 163.70 to 7,570.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.75% to 13.63.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.16% or 3.25 to $1,987.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.15% or 0.84 to hit $74.04 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.64 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 82.30, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 89.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.14.