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 rose 0.67% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.48% or 38.45 points to trade at 1,143.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:) added 2.38% or 35.15 points to end at 1,510.00 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.25% or 39.90 points to 1,809.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:), which fell 1.23% or 49.40 points to trade at 3,968.00 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:) declined 1.11% or 37.65 points to end at 3,362.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was down 0.69% or 21.45 points to 3,108.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.14% to 1,807.50, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.12% to settle at 1,767.30 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.93% to close at 1,278.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.20% to 3,968.00 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.07% to settle at 3,363.55 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.74% to 3,109.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1405 to 852 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2247 rose and 1524 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.12% or 36.75 to 1,767.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.19% to 13.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.98% or 22.95 to $2,356.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $82.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $86.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.53, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 89.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.33.
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