Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 2.86% or 5.70 points to trade at 204.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 2.18% or 31.00 points to end at 1445.55 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.89% or 18.50 points to 997.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 1.84% or 10.00 points to trade at 532.40 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.60% or 4.65 points to end at 284.75 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was down 1.93% or 6.55 points to 334.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 2.94% to 204.90, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.99% to settle at 177.15 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.83% to close at 1445.75.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.78% to 532.55 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.27% to settle at 513.05 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.24% to 383.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 814 to 776 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1345 rose and 1228 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) rose to all time highs; up 2.18% or 31.00 to 1445.55. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.89% or 18.50 to 997.60. Shares in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) rose to all time highs; up 1.83% or 25.95 to 1445.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.53% to 14.0425 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.40% or 5.40 to $1345.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $66.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 65.674, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 81.2348.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.21.