Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.70%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 7.39% or 41.70 points to trade at 601.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.45% or 12.80 points to end at 382.50 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 3.30% or 26.80 points to 836.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which fell 2.64% or 16.50 points to trade at 610.45 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.26% or 41.80 points to end at 3266.35 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) was down 1.22% or 15.45 points to 1253.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 6.91% to 601.65, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 2.87% to settle at 381.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.17% to close at 332.30.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.29% to 3263.00 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.19% to settle at 1253.50 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.03% to 373.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 813 to 774 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1339 fell and 1260 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.39% or 41.70 to 601.80. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.91% or 38.90 to 601.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.88% to 13.2825.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1201.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.82% or 0.55 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.64 to trade at $73.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 69.876, while EUR/INR fell 0.22% to 79.7170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.15.