Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 4.26% or 60.15 points to trade at 1473.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.93% or 6.55 points to end at 173.10 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 3.55% or 32.25 points to 940.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which fell 2.39% or 29.10 points to trade at 1190.00 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) declined 1.57% or 19.60 points to end at 1230.10 and Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) was down 1.41% or 2.30 points to 160.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which rose 5.22% to 1487.30, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 3.87% to settle at 942.50 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which gained 3.80% to close at 392.35.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.02% to 1193.25 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which lost 1.72% to settle at 1225.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.22% to 300.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1162 to 331 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1896 rose and 650 declined, while 158 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.30% to 18.0400.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.55 to $1211.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.26 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.22 to trade at $49.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 68.496, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 72.7730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 101.11.