Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.05% to hit a new 3-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.32% or 6.45 points to trade at 127.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.75% or 165.95 points to end at 3658.00 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 3.38% or 6.80 points to 208.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which fell 1.72% or 1.75 points to trade at 99.85 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.52% or 1.60 points to end at 103.80 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 1.40% or 7.45 points to 526.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.39% to 3643.90, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.28% to settle at 208.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.25% to close at 738.95.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.61% to 103.75 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.38% to settle at 526.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.37% to 16309.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 868 to 751 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1395 fell and 1250 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.44% to 19.3150.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 7.20 to $1932.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.26% or 0.11 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.30 to trade at $45.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 74.226, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 87.8425.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.045.