Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Auto and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.46% or 7.05 points to trade at 165.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) added 3.55% or 17.75 points to end at 517.90 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) was up 3.23% or 9.20 points to 293.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK), which fell 1.09% or 4.95 points to trade at 447.80 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 0.95% or 8.15 points to end at 850.45 and ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) was down 0.79% or 10.55 points to 1317.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which rose 3.25% to 294.05, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 2.99% to settle at 515.30 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which gained 2.10% to close at 430.90.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.17% to 447.35 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 0.58% to settle at 3048.35 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.47% to 1216.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 888 to 587 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1619 rose and 1124 declined, while 122 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.84% to 15.1950.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1184.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $52.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.29 to trade at $55.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 68.141, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 72.1518.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.84.