Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.65%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 6.33% or 28.05 points to trade at 471.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 5.86% or 6.15 points to end at 111.15 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 4.30% or 31.45 points to 763.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which fell 0.93% or 24.45 points to trade at 2,593.00 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 0.86% or 40.25 points to end at 4,643.80 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 0.59% or 117.50 points to 19,780.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 5.86% to 111.15, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.72% to settle at 2,123.75 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 1.71% to close at 3,109.80.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.00% to 2,590.70 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 0.51% to settle at 19,794.95 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.45% to 333.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1494 to 405 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2474 rose and 895 declined, while 129 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.03% to 15.29.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 12.10 to $1,816.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.69 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.70 to trade at $85.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.84, while EUR/INR rose 0.49% to 88.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 103.69.