Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 3.28% or 43.15 points to trade at 1357.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) added 1.80% or 3.05 points to end at 172.80 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was up 1.62% or 42.60 points to 2669.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB), which fell 3.00% or 44.85 points to trade at 1449.00 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 2.11% or 11.65 points to end at 539.90 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was down 1.77% or 5.40 points to 299.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.30% to 1355.90, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.41% to settle at 2665.05 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which gained 1.40% to close at 1761.45.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.70% to 256.05 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 2.16% to settle at 538.65 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.62% to 299.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 847 to 706 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1382 fell and 1208 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.70% or 7.10 to 256.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.41% to 11.1800.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 1.67 to $1270.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.03% or 0.48 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.38 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 64.287, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 72.0380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.03.