Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.14% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which rose 4.48% or 2.65 points to trade at 61.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) added 4.25% or 821.85 points to end at 20172.60 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was up 4.24% or 4.75 points to 116.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which fell 3.91% or 124.30 points to trade at 3057.95 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 2.50% or 8.30 points to end at 323.15 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) was down 1.76% or 4.30 points to 239.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which rose 4.40% to 61.75, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 4.29% to settle at 116.75 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which gained 2.28% to close at 2866.75.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 3.78% to 3062.60 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 2.04% to settle at 323.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.02% to 871.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 758 to 653 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 399 rose and 389 declined, while 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.28% or 64.00 to 2866.75.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.60% to 16.4300.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.72% or 8.90 to $1253.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.08 to trade at $41.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 66.766, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 74.8850.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.56.