Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 2.63% or 29.95 points to trade at 1,168.95 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.82% or 3.00 points to end at 167.40 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 1.74% or 12.15 points to 708.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 1.08% or 3.35 points to trade at 306.95 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 0.75% or 148.05 points to end at 19,613.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 0.57% or 1.25 points to 217.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.64% to 1,169.55, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.55% to settle at 167.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,587.75.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.74% to 19,611.95 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.53% to settle at 846.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.43% to 218.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1010 to 858 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1785 fell and 1524 advanced, while 162 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.45% to 13.84 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 8.75 to $1,748.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.38 to hit $80.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.39 to trade at $87.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 81.64, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 83.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 107.30.