Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Healthcare and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.17% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 4.41% or 27.30 points to trade at 646.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 3.12% or 21.45 points to end at 709.40 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 2.52% or 7.15 points to 291.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which fell 2.88% or 17.25 points to trade at 582.15 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.92% or 7.20 points to end at 368.75 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 1.38% or 24.50 points to 1752.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 2.59% to 291.55, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 1.92% to settle at 636.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.70% to close at 161.20.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.86% to 582.25 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.30% to settle at 1752.40 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 1.17% to 219.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 832 to 792 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1353 fell and 1281 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged.
Shares in AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.92% or 12.00 to 636.20.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.00% to 12.9025.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 6.10 to $1200.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $72.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 69.805, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 80.4855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 95.43.