India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.96%
2022.07.27 14:13
India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.96%
Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.96%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 3.04% or 26.35 points to trade at 894.00 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 2.72% or 14.00 points to end at 528.20 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 2.70% or 99.45 points to 3,786.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 1.33% or 9.10 points to trade at 675.00 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.09% or 42.95 points to end at 3,882.65 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) was down 0.79% or 22.25 points to 2,778.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 3.39% to 895.50, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 2.76% to settle at 528.35 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 2.67% to close at 1,797.20.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.32% to 674.80 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 0.17% to settle at 1,754.60 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.10% to 149.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 988 to 837 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1656 rose and 1538 declined, while 142 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.22% to 18.13.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.25 to $1,720.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.85 to hit $95.83 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.79 to trade at $100.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 79.90, while EUR/INR rose 0.42% to 81.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 106.81.
