Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Auto and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.29%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 4.72% or 17.150 points to trade at 380.550 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) added 3.42% or 8.95 points to end at 270.60 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 2.80% or 13.30 points to 487.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which fell 10.23% or 339.45 points to trade at 2980.20 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 1.73% or 4.35 points to end at 247.40 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 1.53% or 1.65 points to 106.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.00% to 269.90, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 1.64% to settle at 4558.85 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.48% to close at 1387.80.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 10.07% to 2988.40 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.51% to settle at 247.75 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 1.29% to 362.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 742 to 727 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 803 fell and 794 advanced, while 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.80% or 13.30 to 487.85. Shares in Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.48% or 20.20 to 1387.80.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.23% to 15.4275.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1328.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.26 to hit $42.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.46 to trade at $44.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 67.145, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 73.8360.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 97.25.