Indian stocks are up at the close; The Nifty 50 rose 0.14% by Investing.com

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in the NSE, the index gained 0.14% to touch a new all-time high, while the index gained 0.09%.

The best performers of the session were LTIMindtree Ltd (NS: ), which rose 6.48% or 372.45 points to trade at 6,124.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS: ) added 3.74% or 19.35 points to end at 536.50 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS: ) was up 2.71% or 132.70 points to 5,035.20 at the end of transactions.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS: ), which declined 1.36% or 41.75 points to trade at 3,025.35 at the close. Asian paints Ltd. (NS: ) declined 1.34% or 42.45 points to 3,123.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.34% or 166.90 points to 12,330.00.

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

The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO: ), which fell 1.24% to 3,124.00 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO: ), which lost 1.11% to settle settled at 12,358.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO: ) which was down 1.02% to 2,495.00 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the National Stock Exchange of India by 1,461 to 980, with 32 ending unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2063 declined and 1738 advanced, while 78 ended unchanged.

Shares of Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.71% or 132.70 to 5,035.20. Shares of Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) rose to all-time highs; up 2.20% or 33.50 to 1,556.00. Shares of Infosys Ltd ( BO: ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.95% or 37.00 to 1,937.15.

which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, rose 2.55% to 13.98.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.44%, or 11.20, to $2,541.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery fell 1.52%, or 1.15, to $74.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.36% or 1.07, to 77.59 dollars per barrel.

USD/INR rose 0.05% to 83.96, while EUR/INR fell 0.45% to 93.44.

US dollar index futures rose 0.41% to 100.86.