Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty added 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NSE:INBK), which rose 3.40% or 27.00 points to trade at 821.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Power Co. Ltd (NSE:TTPW) added 2.85% or 2.05 points to end at 74.10 and Bajaj Auto Limited (NSE:BAJA) was up 2.52% or 58.75 points to 2391.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idea Cellular Ltd (NSE:IDEA), which fell 4.04% or 7.10 points to trade at 168.45 at the close. Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) declined 3.09% or 5.80 points to end at 181.90 and Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) was down 1.57% or 2.85 points to 178.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which rose 2.57% to 73.95, Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was up 2.44% to settle at 2391.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 2.04% to close at 838.70.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 1.46% to 178.60 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which lost 1.35% to settle at 1198.25 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 1.03% to 3286.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 740 to 682 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 371 rose and 363 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 2.04% to 17.1675.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.80 to $1183.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $60.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 64.251, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 72.3740.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.20.