Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.44% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 4.91% or 37.35 points to trade at 798.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 3.23% or 10.30 points to end at 329.25 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was up 3.11% or 4.35 points to 144.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR), which fell 1.89% or 10.40 points to trade at 538.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 1.52% or 2.10 points to end at 135.90 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) was down 1.27% or 7.20 points to 558.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 3.41% to 144.25, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 3.23% to settle at 329.25 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which gained 2.77% to close at 72.35.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.97% to 538.60 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 1.49% to settle at 135.80 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.98% to 558.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 995 to 461 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1051 rose and 565 declined, while 51 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.23% to 15.9900.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.53% or 7.05 to $1325.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.19 to trade at $46.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 67.186, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 73.9910.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 97.13.