Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the gained 0.51%, while the index climbed 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.48% or 91.65 points to trade at 1,763.20 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) added 3.54% or 24.30 points to end at 710.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) was up 3.35% or 52.00 points to 1,603.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.42% or 4.75 points to trade at 330.55 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.42% or 20.80 points to end at 1,448.85 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:) was down 1.14% or 35.50 points to 3,067.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.26% to 1,602.40, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was up 2.29% to settle at 1,378.50 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.11% to close at 1,628.30.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.30% to 1,450.40 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:) which lost 0.48% to settle at 498.75 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.21% to 915.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1547 to 914 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2258 rose and 1520 declined, while 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.11% or 33.65 to 1,628.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.75% to 13.78.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.84% or 21.30 to $2,562.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $77.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 83.78, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 92.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.67.
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