Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Capital Goods and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 1.27%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.36%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which rose 6.76% or 11.70 points to trade at 184.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) added 4.10% or 9.90 points to end at 251.25 and Wipro Ltd. (NSE:WIPR) was up 3.53% or 19.20 points to 562.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idea Cellular Ltd (NSE:IDEA), which fell 1.04% or 1.85 points to trade at 175.50 at the close. NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) declined 0.98% or 1.20 points to end at 120.65 and Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) was down 0.79% or 14.05 points to 1756.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.21% to 251.40, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was up 3.60% to settle at 563.30 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 3.08% to close at 2253.10.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 0.01% to 593.45 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.01% to settle at 1190.30 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 0.05% to 820.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 983 to 429 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 511 rose and 214 declined, while 3 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 5.18% to 17.0775.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.59% or 7.00 to $1184.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.73% or 1.04 to hit $61.18 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.98 to trade at $65.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.25% to 63.850, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 72.0540.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.93.