Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close, the NSE added 0.48 percent, while the index rose 0.56 percent.
The best performers of the session were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS: ), which rose 3.22% or 349.90 points to 11,208.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) added 2.49% or 74.90 points to end at 3,082.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS: ) was up 1.66% or 59.85 points to trade at 3,667.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS: ), which fell 1.58% or 9.50 points to 592.95 at the close. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS: ) was down 1.40% or 19.50 points to 1,369.00 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS: ) was down 1.01% or 12.40 points to 1,218. 70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which rose 3.02% to 11,195.00, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.31% to 3,076.45 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:). 🙂 which gained 1.93% to close at 3,677.60.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO: ) which fell 0.80% to 137.00 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO: ) which lost 0.40% to 300.80 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: ) which fell 0.34% to 1,911.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Indian National Stock Exchange by 1828 at 694, with 133 ending unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2,598 rose, 1,205 fell, while 83 ended unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, fell 0.07% to 14.44.
Gold futures for February delivery were down 0.00% or 0.05 at $2,639.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.14 to $71.72 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract rose 1.16% or 0.85 to 74 .42 dollars per barrel.
USD/INR rose 0.33% to 85.79, while EUR/INR fell 0.38% to 88.97.
US dollar index futures rose 0.32% to 108.28.
