Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Banking and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.70%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which rose 3.82% or 17.75 points to trade at 483.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) added 3.11% or 68.45 points to end at 2,269.70 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.87% or 159.30 points to 5,710.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which fell 1.94% or 48.60 points to trade at 2,462.60 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.91% or 4.35 points to end at 223.15 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was down 1.50% or 64.85 points to 4,267.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.11% to 2,270.05, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.94% to settle at 5,714.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 2.15% to close at 2,514.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.00% to 222.95 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.88% to settle at 2,463.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.19% to 1,095.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1131 to 779 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1915 rose and 1480 declined, while 126 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.78% to 15.08.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.63% or 12.40 to $1,970.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.18% or 0.80 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.79 to trade at $74.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 82.63, while EUR/INR rose 0.51% to 88.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.87.