Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 2.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 2.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 5.56% or 151.55 points to trade at 2,874.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 5.31% or 118.60 points to end at 2,354.10 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 5.04% or 310.65 points to 6,472.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 2.74% or 619.20 points to trade at 21,964.65 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 2.12% or 4.50 points to end at 207.85 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 2.07% or 3.70 points to 175.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 5.56% to 2,875.10, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 5.24% to settle at 2,353.80 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 5.13% to close at 6,473.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.89% to 208.05 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.57% to settle at 131.50 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.15% to 1,254.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1544 to 275 and 21 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2565 rose and 674 declined, while 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.74% or 619.20 to 21,964.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.92% to 27.47.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.10% or 22.45 to $2,020.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.92% or 2.37 to hit $121.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.83 to trade at $126.15 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.49% to 76.57, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 84.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 98.50.