Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Power, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.35%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 11.50% or 247.30 points to trade at 2,397.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 6.30% or 71.10 points to end at 1,199.95 and Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS:BAJE) was up 3.17% or 9.45 points to 307.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which fell 1.33% or 93.85 points to trade at 6,982.70 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 1.08% or 35.85 points to end at 3,291.65 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.04% or 6.10 points to 582.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.31% to 370.00, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 1.38% to settle at 1,810.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.31% to close at 6,705.95.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 0.85% to 584.05 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 0.77% to settle at 3,290.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.57% to 834.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1698 to 772 and 152 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2445 rose and 1315 declined, while 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) rose to all time highs; up 1.38% or 24.60 to 1,810.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.21% to 14.51.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.02% or 26.91 to $2,673.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.41% or 0.28 to hit $69.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.25 to trade at $72.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 84.43, while EUR/INR rose 0.41% to 88.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 106.43.
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