Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.60% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 4.22% or 100.50 points to trade at 2,480.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 3.39% or 24.95 points to end at 761.95 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 3.26% or 23.80 points to 753.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which fell 7.04% or 167.30 points to trade at 2,210.65 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.03% or 5.35 points to end at 171.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 2.75% or 5.25 points to 186.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.06% to 2,337.20, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.89% to settle at 754.55 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 2.70% to close at 6,527.25.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.99% to 254.65 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 0.59% to settle at 929.45 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.52% to 7,437.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1116 to 726 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1942 fell and 1358 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.78% to 21.30 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.38% or 26.70 to $1,913.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.00% or 1.06 to hit $107.02 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 1.47 to trade at $110.96 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 75.97, while EUR/INR rose 0.61% to 84.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 98.68.