Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Capital Goods and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.79% or 53.65 points to trade at 1,174.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 3.08% or 21.30 points to end at 712.05 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) was up 2.86% or 56.75 points to 2,039.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which fell 2.25% or 138.00 points to trade at 5,996.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 1.63% or 6.75 points to end at 407.75 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was down 1.08% or 11.75 points to 1,078.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.75% to 1,174.40, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.61% to settle at 1,290.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.37% to close at 2,169.95.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 2.30% to 5,995.15 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.14% to settle at 1,078.15 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.00% to 1,492.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1056 to 841 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1876 rose and 1478 declined, while 118 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.49% to 12.45.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 2.15 to $1,817.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $77.45 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $83.35 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 82.03, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 86.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 105.67.