Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.68% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 4.17% or 196.05 points to trade at 4,901.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 3.91% or 31.00 points to end at 823.10 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.36% or 11.95 points to 368.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which fell 1.19% or 11.60 points to trade at 960.45 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 1.00% or 19.65 points to end at 1,939.40 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 0.48% or 34.00 points to 7,079.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 2.97% to 22,345.80, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 2.29% to settle at 111.50 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.70% to close at 843.30.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.15% to 1,938.30 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 0.51% to settle at 7,080.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.35% to 1,405.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1285 to 677 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2185 rose and 1251 declined, while 129 ended unchanged.
Shares in Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) rose to all time highs; up 4.17% or 196.05 to 4,901.45. Shares in Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) rose to all time highs; rising 2.97% or 644.50 to 22,345.80.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.55% to 11.44.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 2.35 to $1,979.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.07% or 0.77 to hit $72.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.76 to trade at $77.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.01% to 82.52, while EUR/INR rose 0.17% to 88.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.89.