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 today.
There have been no deletions from the MSCI India index.
Reacting to the news of addition, shares of all these companies saw robust buying interest.
Shares of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer surged 7.7 per cent to touch a record high of Rs 4,790, while Apollo Hospitals shot up by 8.02 per cent to touch an all-time high of Rs 1,060 on the BSE.
Similarly, Oil India gained 3.22 per cent, while Wockhardt jumped 3.51 per cent in an overall positive stock market.
Inclusions in MSCI small-cap index include Alembic Pharma, CARE, Eclerx Services, Godrej Properties, IRB Infrastructure, JK Cement, PC Jeweller, SE Investments and Videocon Industries.