Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.62%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 2.34% or 18.75 points to trade at 819.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 2.24% or 21.55 points to end at 981.50 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 2.10% or 59.90 points to 2,912.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which fell 1.25% or 23.50 points to trade at 1,855.95 at the close. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 0.90% or 22.25 points to end at 2,462.55 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 0.73% or 8.35 points to 1,131.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 2.15% to 3,262.20, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 2.07% to settle at 2,912.40 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.96% to close at 445.45.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.18% to 1,856.40 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.68% to settle at 1,371.60 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 0.58% to 1,132.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1166 to 792 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2015 rose and 1436 declined, while 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.10% or 59.90 to 2,912.50. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; up 2.07% or 59.20 to 2,912.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.20% to 11.11 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 8.75 to $1,978.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.00% or 1.34 to hit $68.46 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.62 to trade at $73.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 82.37, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 88.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 102.89.