Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which rose 5.36% or 1445.50 points to trade at 28400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 2.56% or 172.10 points to end at 6900.10 and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) was up 2.56% or 87.05 points to 3493.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.34% or 7.95 points to trade at 331.80 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.05% or 2.25 points to end at 107.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 2.04% or 4.55 points to 219.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 3.06% to 6934.15, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 2.28% to settle at 990.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.25% to close at 586.30.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.28% to 107.15 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 1.97% to settle at 219.15 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.70% to 222.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 944 to 694 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1601 rose and 1259 declined, while 198 ended unchanged.
Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) rose to all time highs; up 2.56% or 172.10 to 6900.10. Shares in UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.06% or 206.15 to 6934.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.84% to 20.6650.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.40 to $1738.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.04% or 2.49 to hit $59.07 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 4.05% or 2.62 to trade at $62.00 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 72.488, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 86.1555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 92.150.