Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 5.83% or 251.15 points to trade at 4,559.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 5.40% or 56.00 points to end at 1,092.30 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 4.24% or 37.10 points to 911.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which fell 0.94% or 221.00 points to trade at 23,180.10 at the close. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 0.81% or 14.15 points to end at 1,735.20 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 0.76% or 142.90 points to 18,622.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.71% to 915.75, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.12% to settle at 1,264.20 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.88% to close at 4,217.10.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.64% to 18,645.55 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.19% to settle at 232.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.14% to 1,388.35 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1182 to 659 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1994 rose and 1333 declined, while 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.40% or 56.00 to 1,092.30. Shares in IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.12% or 38.20 to 1,264.20.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.73% to 18.80.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.60 to $1,676.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $85.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.05 to trade at $92.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 79.71, while EUR/INR fell 0.16% to 79.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 109.56.