Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 0.82% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI), which rose 2.51% or 101.50 points to trade at 4152.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) added 2.18% or 12.35 points to end at 577.75 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) was up 2.16% or 8.35 points to 394.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which fell 1.44% or 2.45 points to trade at 167.90 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) declined 1.00% or 9.30 points to end at 917.65 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB) was down 0.95% or 7.70 points to 804.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.63% to 4155.00, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.22% to settle at 394.30 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which gained 2.13% to close at 74.45.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 0.35% to 280.70 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 0.11% to settle at 268.30 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 0.09% to 273.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 817 to 620 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 413 rose and 340 declined, while 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 2.51% or 101.50 to 4152.15. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.63% or 106.30 to 4155.00.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 2.76% to 15.5675.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1153.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.89% or 0.47 to hit $52.57 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.61 to trade at $58.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 63.400, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 69.8530.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 96.78.