Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Power and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 11.70% or 165.80 points to trade at 1582.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 5.97% or 970.65 points to end at 17230.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was up 5.69% or 118.30 points to 2198.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC), which fell 2.10% or 43.60 points to trade at 2029.75 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 1.99% or 53.40 points to end at 2634.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was down 1.83% or 1.25 points to 66.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 11.86% to 1583.60, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 6.04% to settle at 17238.60 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 5.59% to close at 2197.10.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.05% to 2030.90 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.94% to settle at 2635.50 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 1.91% to 66.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 842 to 732 and 112 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1345 fell and 1219 advanced, while 175 ended unchanged.
Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) rose to all time highs; rising 5.69% or 118.30 to 2198.75. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) rose to all time highs; up 5.59% or 116.40 to 2197.10.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.79% to 22.1950.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 3.85 to $1901.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.19% or 0.46 to hit $39.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.46 to trade at $41.27 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.33% to 73.715, while EUR/INR fell 0.27% to 87.0865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.993.