Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, IT and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.74% to hit a new 6-months high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 6.94% or 232.35 points to trade at 3,579.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 6.10% or 220.20 points to end at 3,829.10 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 5.03% or 8.70 points to 181.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which fell 3.78% or 34.25 points to trade at 871.75 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.81% or 13.20 points to end at 717.00 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 1.41% or 54.45 points to 3,796.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 5.00% to 181.75, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 3.07% to settle at 235.10 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.39% to close at 4,537.25.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 3.76% to 871.75 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 0.94% to settle at 9,436.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.78% to 2,529.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 998 to 868 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1713 rose and 1579 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.03% or 8.70 to 181.80. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.00% or 8.65 to 181.75.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.07% to 16.13.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 13.50 to $1,654.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.48% or 1.28 to hit $87.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.57% or 1.46 to trade at $94.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.13% to 82.66, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 82.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 110.78.