Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.14% to hit a new all time high, while the index gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:), which rose 6.48% or 372.45 points to trade at 6,124.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:) added 3.74% or 19.35 points to end at 536.50 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.71% or 132.70 points to 5,035.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.36% or 41.75 points to trade at 3,025.35 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.34% or 42.45 points to end at 3,123.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.34% or 166.90 points to 12,330.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.85% to 537.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.20% to settle at 1,556.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.95% to close at 1,937.15.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.24% to 3,124.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which lost 1.11% to settle at 12,358.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.02% to 2,495.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1461 to 980 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2063 fell and 1738 advanced, while 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.71% or 132.70 to 5,035.20. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.20% or 33.50 to 1,556.00. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.95% or 37.00 to 1,937.15.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.55% to 13.98.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 11.20 to $2,541.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.52% or 1.15 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 1.07 to trade at $77.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.96, while EUR/INR fell 0.45% to 93.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 100.86.
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