Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Green Energy and Carbon sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.89%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB), which rose 4.04% or 29.45 points to trade at 758.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NSE:ABUJ) added 2.96% or 6.05 points to end at 210.45 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) was up 2.50% or 57.80 points to 2368.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which fell 1.96% or 17.25 points to trade at 862.35 at the close. NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) declined 1.76% or 1.80 points to end at 100.35 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NSE:ASPN) was down 0.86% or 7.15 points to 823.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.48% to 359.10, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.38% to settle at 887.35 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.35% to close at 494.10.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 0.66% to 210.30 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.60% to settle at 3987.00 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 0.58% to 1547.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 774 to 645 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 404 fell and 354 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 7.35% to 21.9975.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.44% or 4.90 to $1107.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 0.70 to trade at $48.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 66.451, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 74.6300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.87.