Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.72% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 5.77% or 536.90 points to trade at 9801.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 4.79% or 169.35 points to end at 3701.00 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.94% or 28.00 points to 738.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 1.47% or 13.00 points to trade at 869.45 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 0.98% or 9.95 points to end at 1003.95 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 0.15% or 0.45 points to 292.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 5.33% to 9804.50, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was up 4.70% to settle at 3696.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 3.39% to close at 419.25.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.07% to 292.15 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.04% to settle at 1004.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.49% to 1709.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1215 to 353 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1853 rose and 766 declined, while 157 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 5.77% or 536.90 to 9801.50. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 5.33% or 496.45 to 9804.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.07% to 12.1875 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1266.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.27 to hit $57.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $63.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 64.035, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 75.6568.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.16.