Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.87%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 4.73% or 284.65 points to trade at 6,305.90 at the close. Meanwhile, AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 3.68% or 25.70 points to end at 723.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 3.57% or 32.00 points to 928.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which fell 1.15% or 12.25 points to trade at 1,055.80 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 0.27% or 2.45 points to end at 889.20 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) was down 0.10% or 0.75 points to 747.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 4.69% to 6,303.55, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 3.65% to settle at 723.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 3.60% to close at 928.20.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.35% to 888.80 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.07% to settle at 209.30 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 0.75% to 1,756.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1331 to 484 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2213 rose and 1110 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.77% to 24.12.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 5.75 to $1,923.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.26% or 0.25 to hit $96.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.10 to trade at $99.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 76.21, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 83.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 98.63.