Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.78% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 7.79% or 1189.80 points to trade at 16461.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.06% or 27.10 points to end at 695.40 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.44% or 14.00 points to 420.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which fell 1.40% or 54.05 points to trade at 3812.20 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 1.40% or 281.05 points to end at 19740.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 1.03% or 17.90 points to 1720.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 7.91% to 16475.25, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 3.41% to settle at 1463.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 3.39% to close at 1404.60.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.34% to 19747.55 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 1.08% to settle at 2692.10 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.06% to 1720.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1310 to 379 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2059 rose and 968 declined, while 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) rose to all time highs; rising 7.79% or 1189.80 to 16461.70. Shares in Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) rose to all time highs; rising 7.91% or 1207.05 to 16475.25. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to all time highs; up 3.41% or 48.30 to 1463.90.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.64% to 13.1875.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.65 to $1806.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.57% or 1.03 to hit $66.67 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.09 to trade at $69.46 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 74.215, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 87.1100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.007.