India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.65% By Investing.com

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 added 0.65%, while the index climbed 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:), which rose 6.33% or 28.05 points to trade at 471.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) added 5.86% or 6.15 points to end at 111.15 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) was up 4.30% or 31.45 points to 763.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:), which fell 0.93% or 24.45 points to trade at 2,593.00 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) declined 0.86% or 40.25 points to end at 4,643.80 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:) was down 0.59% or 117.50 points to 19,780.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.86% to 111.15, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.72% to settle at 2,123.75 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.71% to close at 3,109.80.

The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.00% to 2,590.70 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which lost 0.51% to settle at 19,794.95 and ITC Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.45% to 333.05 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1494 to 405 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2474 rose and 895 declined, while 129 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.03% to 15.29.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 12.10 to $1,816.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.69 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.70 to trade at $85.20 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.84, while EUR/INR rose 0.49% to 88.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 103.69.