Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 3.89% or 11.45 points to trade at 306.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL) added 3.19% or 4.20 points to end at 135.75 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 3.19% or 10.80 points to 349.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which fell 2.49% or 22.40 points to trade at 876.25 at the close. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) declined 1.93% or 67.90 points to end at 3441.30 and Grasim Industries Ltd. (NS:GRAS) was down 1.82% or 67.15 points to 3614.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 4.04% to 306.55, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.91% to settle at 348.15 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.68% to close at 92.05.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.77% to 1061.10 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 1.73% to settle at 3440.00 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.32% to 475.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 761 to 686 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 434 rose and 354 declined, while 8 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.06% to 16.9725.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.31% or 3.40 to $1080.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.35% or 0.14 to hit $41.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.11 to trade at $44.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.23% to 66.040, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 70.4440.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 99.58.