Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 2.89% or 18.70 points to trade at 664.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.74% or 67.95 points to end at 2544.90 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.64% or 40.50 points to 1576.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which fell 1.96% or 14.05 points to trade at 704.00 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.17% or 11.50 points to end at 967.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 0.99% or 54.30 points to 5440.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.83% to 664.60, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.67% to settle at 2544.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.28% to close at 770.80.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.01% to 969.20 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 0.90% to settle at 5440.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.60% to 7426.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 921 to 760 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1758 rose and 1301 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) rose to all time highs; rising 2.64% or 40.50 to 1576.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.85% to 12.6225.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.80 to $1808.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.37 to trade at $75.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 74.471, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 88.2100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.335.