Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 0.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE), which rose 2.80% or 11.30 points to trade at 414.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd . (NSE:WIPR) added 2.77% or 15.50 points to end at 575.35 and Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) was up 2.75% or 29.10 points to 1086.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB), which fell 1.31% or 11.05 points to trade at 830.60 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) declined 1.14% or 4.35 points to end at 376.40 and Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) was down 1.11% or 4.90 points to 438.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which rose 2.94% to 574.60, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.52% to settle at 1086.55 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 2.36% to close at 2569.70.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.10% to 376.75 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 1.08% to settle at 438.05 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 0.99% to 285.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 936 to 518 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 477 rose and 279 declined, while 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.80% or 11.30 to 414.50.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.11% to 14.6650.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.48% or 5.20 to $1085.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.71% or 0.33 to hit $46.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.47 to trade at $50.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 63.761, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 69.2530.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.20.