Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 5.55% or 24.65 points to trade at 468.90 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 5.35% or 46.55 points to end at 917.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 4.10% or 37.15 points to 944.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which fell 1.03% or 19.80 points to trade at 1901.05 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) declined 0.68% or 16.30 points to end at 2398.50 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was down 0.63% or 31.85 points to 5010.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 5.32% to 915.80, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 4.33% to settle at 945.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 3.69% to close at 1219.70.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.00% to 1901.90 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 0.71% to settle at 2395.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 0.70% to 5007.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 941 to 711 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1499 rose and 1301 declined, while 158 ended unchanged.
Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.35% or 46.55 to 917.00. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.32% or 46.25 to 915.80. Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.33% or 39.20 to 945.40. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.69% or 43.40 to 1219.70.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.20% to 21.9850.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 4.35 to $1878.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.19% or 0.57 to hit $47.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.50 to trade at $50.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 73.860, while EUR/INR fell 0.40% to 90.2565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 90.183.