India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.60%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the added 0.60%, while the index added 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:), which rose 2.34% or 28.20 points to trade at 1,234.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:) added 1.75% or 113.60 points to end at 6,620.10 and Infosys Ltd (NS:) was up 1.61% or 24.95 points to 1,572.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:), which fell 1.34% or 63.45 points to trade at 4,678.85 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:) declined 1.04% or 8.05 points to end at 765.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) was down 0.83% or 3.85 points to 458.10.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.46% to 1,235.45, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.75% to settle at 6,619.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.65% to close at 1,572.70.

The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.57% to 20,365.00 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 0.54% to settle at 111.15 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.43% to 8,621.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1002 to 891 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1826 rose and 1575 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.27% to 12.88 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 5.15 to $1,797.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.28% or 0.94 to hit $74.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.24 to trade at $79.23 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.83, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 87.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 104.64.

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