Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Metals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.07% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 7.71% or 16.60 points to trade at 232.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.57% or 223.85 points to end at 5122.50 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 4.07% or 363.45 points to 9296.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which fell 2.16% or 401.90 points to trade at 18189.90 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 2.14% or 50.70 points to end at 2320.05 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 1.69% or 6.85 points to 398.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.69% to 5128.05, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 4.15% to settle at 9301.85 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 2.19% to close at 2350.90.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.09% to 2321.00 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 2.04% to settle at 18205.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.64% to 517.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 848 to 807 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1502 rose and 1354 declined, while 164 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.57% or 223.85 to 5122.50. Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) rose to all time highs; up 4.69% or 229.80 to 5128.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.30% to 19.3450.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.92% or 16.90 to $1849.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.13 to trade at $50.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 73.578, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 89.4745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.593.