Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 4.41% or 17.75 points to trade at 419.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 3.69% or 13.85 points to end at 389.25 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 3.58% or 20.40 points to 590.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 1.32% or 2.95 points to trade at 219.80 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) declined 1.21% or 14.00 points to end at 1141.30 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was down 0.94% or 16.65 points to 1761.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.57% to 389.05, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was up 3.54% to settle at 590.20 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 3.01% to close at 279.30.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.05% to 170.10 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.94% to settle at 1143.20 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.81% to 220.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1051 to 495 and 12 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1600 rose and 911 declined, while 113 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.01% to 14.2375.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.31% or 4.02 to $1275.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.32% or 0.15 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.23 to trade at $51.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 64.158, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 75.0553.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.94.