MSCI India adds Wockhardt, OIL, GSK Consumer, Apollo Hospitals

Apollo Hospitals, Oil India, Wockhardt and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare have been added to the MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) India index.

The changes will take place after the close of trade on May 31, 2013, MSCI said in a statement.

There have been no deletions from the MSCI India index, the index provider added.

Reacting to the news of addition, shares of all these companies saw robust buying interest.

Shares of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer surged 7.70% to touch its record high of Rs 4,790, while Apollo Hospitals shot-up by 8.02% to an all-time high of Rs 1,060 on the BSE.

Similarly, Oil India gained 3.22%, while Wockhardt jumped 3.51%, in an overall positive stock market.

Inclusions in MSCI small-cap index includes stocks like Alembic Pharma, CARE, Eclerx Services, Godrej Properties, IRB Infrastructure, JK Cement, PC Jeweller, SE Investments and Videocon Industries.