India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.14%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology , IT and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.14% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM ), which rose 6.48% or 372.45 points to trade at 6,124.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ) added 3.74% or 19.35 points to end at 536.50 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI ) 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:ADEL ), which fell 1.36% or 41.75 points to trade at 3,025.35 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN ) declined 1.34% or 42.45 points to end at 3,123.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI ) was down 1.34% or 166.90 points to 12,330.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which rose 3.85% to 537.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which was up 2.20% to settle at 1,556.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY ) which gained 1.95% to close at 1,937.15.

The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN ) which was down 1.24% to 3,124.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which lost 1.11% to settle at 12,358.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST ) 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:DIVI ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.71% or 132.70 to 5,035.20. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) rose to all time highs; rising 2.20% or 33.50 to 1,556.00. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.95% or 37.00 to 1,937.15.

The India VIX , 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.

Source: Investing.com