Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 2.50% or 4.10 points to trade at 168.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.00% or 5.10 points to end at 260.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.08% or 7.85 points to 385.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 7.35% or 48.10 points to trade at 609.80 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 5.94% or 6.90 points to end at 109.30 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was down 1.47% or 96.65 points to 6439.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 2.47% to 168.00, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.02% to settle at 260.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.88% to close at 197.70.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 5.94% to 109.30 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.20% to settle at 6437.05 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.53% to 1380.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1036 to 562 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1521 fell and 921 advanced, while 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.94% or 6.90 to 109.30. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.47% or 96.65 to 6439.00. Shares in Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.94% or 6.90 to 109.30. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.20% or 144.50 to 6437.05.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.34% to 14.6000.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 6.55 to $1349.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $51.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.47 to trade at $60.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 69.620, while EUR/INR fell 0.48% to 77.9655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.188.