Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 4.59% or 57.15 points to trade at 1299.20 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 3.19% or 8.35 points to end at 270.05 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was up 3.39% or 627.00 points to 19063.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which fell 3.80% or 24.35 points to trade at 615.95 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.86% or 5.40 points to end at 283.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 1.61% or 3.40 points to 207.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.94% to 269.60, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.92% to settle at 769.40 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 2.22% to close at 193.40.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.02% to 283.90 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.28% to settle at 177.70 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 0.86% to 366.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1223 to 366 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1797 rose and 769 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.06% to 15.1850.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.60 to $1341.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.34 to trade at $67.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 65.035, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 79.9665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.74.