Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.30% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 4.69% or 16.05 points to trade at 358.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 4.45% or 270.40 points to end at 6342.40 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 3.11% or 2.65 points to 87.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC), which fell 2.84% or 43.50 points to trade at 1490.15 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.82% or 15.75 points to end at 850.50 and Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) was down 1.68% or 4.95 points to 290.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which rose 4.50% to 357.25, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 4.40% to settle at 6339.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 3.19% to close at 1414.90.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.78% to 1490.05 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.69% to settle at 290.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.39% to 995.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1116 to 444 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1933 rose and 900 declined, while 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.69% or 16.05 to 358.15. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 4.45% or 270.40 to 6342.40. Shares in Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.50% or 15.40 to 357.25. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.40% or 267.05 to 6339.40. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.19% or 43.70 to 1414.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.50% to 11.5500.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.29% or 3.65 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.47 to hit $51.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.46 to trade at $54.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 64.945, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 69.2887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.43.