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

NSE added 1.08% at the closing, and index gained 1.09%.

These were the best performers of the session IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS): Traded at 933.65 after the close, up 5.74%. That’s 50.65 point. Meanwhile, JSW Steel Ltd (NS) gained 4.73%, or 28.80 point to close at 637.20. AXIS Bank Ltd was up 3.65% (23.95 points) to 679.60 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Cipla Ltd. (NS) fell by 4.44%, or 43.15 point to close at 928.15 Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. NS: fell 2.59%, or 126.60 point to finish at 4752.20 UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS.:) dropped 1.53% to 7320.00, or 113.75 Points.

IndusInd Bank Ltd., which rose 5.73% at 934.25 and AXIS Bank Ltd.(BO:), which were up 3.46% at 679.80, and State Bank Of India. The latter gained 3.19% at close at 475.30.

The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.58% to 4607.25 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.48% to settle at 7324.60 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.14% to 745.35 at the close.

On the India National Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered those in decline by 1060, 707, and 47. The ending of the Bombay Stock Exchange saw 1844 rise and 1312 fall, and 129 ended unchanged.

The was, which is used to measure the implied volatility for Nifty 50 options fell by 8.3% to 19.4475.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was at $1786.30 per troy ounce, an increase of 0.55%. In commodities trading, crude oil rose by 4.74%, or 3.14, to $69.32 per barrel. The February Brent oil contract increased 5.06%, or 3.50, to $72.73 per barrel.

USD/INR declined 0.22% at 74.927 while EUR/INR dropped 0.32% at 84.8480.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1% at 96.000