Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Power and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 1.71%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Yes Bank Ltd. (NSE:YESB), which rose 7.09% or 46.15 points to trade at 696.85 at the close. Meanwhile, GAIL Ltd (NSE:GAIL) added 6.94% or 19.15 points to end at 295.25 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) was up 5.98% or 12.90 points to 228.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NSE:HLL), which fell 2.29% or 18.75 points to trade at 801.10 at the close. Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) declined 1.93% or 2.85 points to end at 144.50 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was down 1.08% or 8.95 points to 821.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 6.48% to 295.05, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 5.97% to settle at 228.80 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which gained 5.60% to close at 212.20.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.15% to 802.45 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.09% to settle at 346.75 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.08% to 313.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 833 to 579 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 459 rose and 289 declined.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 6.76% to 24.5675.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.20 to $1119.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.17% or 1.00 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 0.81 to trade at $48.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.43% to 66.595, while EUR/INR fell 0.53% to 74.3170.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.15.