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 0.78% to hit a new all time high, while the index climbed 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.73% or 107.60 points to trade at 2,989.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Axis Bank Ltd (NS:) added 3.53% or 43.35 points to end at 1,271.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) was up 2.38% or 27.85 points to 1,197.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.93% or 8.95 points to trade at 296.30 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.97% or 95.85 points to end at 4,775.05 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:) was down 1.67% or 5.55 points to 327.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 3.66% to 1,273.00, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.91% to settle at 1,204.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.16% to close at 1,708.25.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.88% to 326.80 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which lost 1.16% to settle at 2,862.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.10% to 175.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1279 to 974 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2017 fell and 1716 advanced, while 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.73% or 107.60 to 2,989.85. Shares in Axis Bank Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.53% or 43.35 to 1,271.45. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.38% or 27.85 to 1,197.95. Shares in Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 3.66% or 44.90 to 1,273.00. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.91% or 34.00 to 1,204.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.81% to 14.31.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.80 to $2,347.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.46 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 83.43, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 89.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.18.
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