Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.83% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 3.79% or 66.25 points to trade at 1815.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 3.63% or 14.25 points to end at 407.00 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) was up 2.94% or 7.55 points to 264.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which fell 2.36% or 6.80 points to trade at 280.90 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.23% or 6.95 points to end at 559.35 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was down 0.69% or 2.45 points to 351.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 3.96% to 1815.85, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 3.58% to settle at 406.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.49% to close at 160.45.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.63% to 196.85 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.39% to settle at 723.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.22% to 230.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.63% or 14.25 to 407.00. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) rose to all time highs; up 3.58% or 14.05 to 406.80.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.43% to 21.6925 a new 3-years high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1278.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.69% or 0.44 to hit $64.49 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.55 to trade at $72.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 69.409, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 78.4910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.575.