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

NSE close: The index gained 0.88% and the NSE gained 0.87%.

These were the best performers of the session Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., which rose 4.65% (39.15 points) to close at 880.55 Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS) was up 3.80%, or 26.75 point to reach 730.20 Reliance Industries Late trade saw Ltd (NS) rise 2.67%, or 65.55 point to 2521.10

Titan Company Ltd. (NS) fell 1.52%, or 40.40 Points to trade at 2612.95 at close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS) fell 1.43%, or 56.00 points, to finish at 3859.90 Shree Cements Ltd. (NS 🙂 fell 1.19% to 26715.50, 323.05 points.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 4.68% to 880.75, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was up 3.76% to settle at 730.05 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.68% to close at 2520.60.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(BO:), which dropped 1.50% at 3857.25 in the late trade, Titan Company Ltd. Ltd. [BO:] which lost 1.46% and settled at 2612.50 at HDFC Bank Ltd. HDFC Bank Ltd. Ltd. (“BO:”) was below 0.58% at 1556.55 at close.

Indian National Stock Exchange: Rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 934 to-860. 27 ends unchanged. On Bombay Stock Exchange: 1748 rose, 1585 fell, while 78 was unchanged.

The was also down 3.2% to 17.1825.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.08%, or 1.40, to $1817.10 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 0.31 percent or 0.38 to $81.53 per barrel in February. The March Brent oil contract increased 0.19 or 0.16 to $83.88 per barrel.

USD/INR increased 0.23%, to 73.937. EUR/INR rose 0.4% to 83.9805.

At 95.645, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.02%.