Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.91%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 10.68% or 17.70 points to trade at 183.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 8.58% or 3.00 points to end at 37.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 5.75% or 26.00 points to 477.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 6.38% or 15.60 points to trade at 228.90 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 3.58% or 88.05 points to end at 2374.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 3.08% or 99.85 points to 3142.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.14% to 475.30, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.77% to settle at 533.50 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.91% to close at 2148.00.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 3.55% to 2374.95 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.25% to settle at 7037.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.24% to 189.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 846 to 663 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1285 rose and 1072 declined, while 175 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.38% or 15.60 to 228.90. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.77% or 14.40 to 533.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.44% to 14.1725.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1555.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.26% or 1.12 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.35 to trade at $55.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 71.240, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 78.5225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.905.