Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 6.76% or 564.40 points to trade at 8919.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 5.26% or 248.15 points to end at 4968.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 5.20% or 12.80 points to 258.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 0.36% or 0.80 points to trade at 218.95 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.28% or 2.75 points to end at 995.50 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was down 0.08% or 2.85 points to 3605.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 6.77% to 8920.00, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 5.25% to settle at 4960.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 3.54% to close at 602.00.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.30% to 995.00 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 0.18% to settle at 219.15 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.01% to 808.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1253 to 395 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2018 rose and 839 declined, while 141 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.14% to 22.8975.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.78% or 14.25 to $1844.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.55 to trade at $55.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 73.143, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 88.7155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 90.457.