Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.03% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 5.26% or 19.00 points to trade at 381.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 4.50% or 6.60 points to end at 152.80 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.56% or 18.15 points to 728.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 4.06% or 11.35 points to trade at 269.00 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 2.56% or 72.20 points to end at 2743.10 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was down 2.54% or 23.80 points to 910.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 4.06% to 152.60, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.72% to settle at 250.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 2.47% to close at 726.65.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 2.55% to 2750.05 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 2.35% to settle at 2992.70 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.43% to 345.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 847 to 729 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1338 rose and 1142 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.65% to 15.9225.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.25 to $1283.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.48 to hit $59.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.20 to trade at $68.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 69.660, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 77.9245.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.650.