Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which rose 2.87% or 2.10 points to trade at 75.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) added 2.06% or 25.05 points to end at 1240.60 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 2.06% or 1.50 points to 74.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which fell 2.31% or 8.900 points to trade at 377.150 at the close. Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) declined 2.09% or 435.80 points to end at 20415.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 1.77% or 14.05 points to 779.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which rose 2.07% to 1243.80, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 1.16% to settle at 418.35 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.08% to close at 298.50.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.24% to 835.35 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.20% to settle at 5141.70 and POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.11% to 182.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 824 to 645 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1495 rose and 1119 declined, while 146 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.08% or 3.20 to 298.50.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.06% to 17.1050.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.33% or 3.85 to $1172.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.71% or 0.37 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $54.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 67.915, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 73.1480.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 100.12.