Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Technology and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 2.51% or 25.30 points to trade at 1036.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.32% or 6.00 points to end at 265.15 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.13% or 79.80 points to 3840.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which fell 4.34% or 12.55 points to trade at 276.85 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 2.60% or 26.15 points to end at 978.95 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was down 1.85% or 11.30 points to 599.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 2.30% to 265.00, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.77% to settle at 1852.70 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.68% to close at 8940.00.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.31% to 277.35 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.48% to settle at 978.70 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.82% to 191.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1112 to 477 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1729 fell and 814 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.34% or 12.55 to 276.85. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.31% or 12.50 to 277.35. Shares in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.77% or 32.25 to 1852.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.71% to 12.7975.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.75% or 9.50 to $1259.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 68.195, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 79.5416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.22.