Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.96% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 4.75% or 17.00 points to trade at 375.25 at the close. Meanwhile, AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) added 3.56% or 17.75 points to end at 516.40 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) was up 3.46% or 14.60 points to 436.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which fell 1.10% or 0.95 points to trade at 85.20 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 0.74% or 4.10 points to end at 552.95 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) was down 0.73% or 4.55 points to 622.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 3.40% to 515.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.40% to settle at 1307.50 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 3.18% to close at 354.15.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.76% to 2311.30 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 0.58% to settle at 552.85 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 0.39% to 411.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 824 to 741 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1413 rose and 1410 declined, while 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) rose to all time highs; up 3.46% or 14.60 to 436.50. Shares in Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.73% or 4.55 to 622.80.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.04% to 11.1550 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.43% or 5.43 to $1272.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $49.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $52.29 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 64.305, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 69.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.97.