Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 3.80% or 35.60 points to trade at 970.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.55% or 11.10 points to end at 324.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.83% or 150.00 points to 5427.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 7.43% or 19.00 points to trade at 236.75 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 3.46% or 10.30 points to end at 286.95 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 2.82% or 33.45 points to 1154.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.70% to 969.75, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 3.31% to settle at 323.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.94% to close at 838.45.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 3.30% to 287.05 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.49% to settle at 1153.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.23% to 598.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 914 to 693 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1448 fell and 1148 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) rose to all time highs; rising 1.94% or 15.95 to 838.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.51% to 11.8950 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.40 to $1328.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.38% to 66.305, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 81.0172.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.68.