India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 2.58% 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 gained 2.58%, while the index climbed 2.70%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:), which rose 5.44% or 875.75 points to trade at 16,962.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:) added 4.91% or 341.90 points to end at 7,306.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) was up 4.56% or 48.25 points to 1,107.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which rose 0.42% or 3.35 points to trade at 809.50 at the close. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) added 0.53% or 22.40 points to end at 4,232.55 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:) was up 0.66% or 10.95 points to 1,675.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which rose 5.47% to 16,966.70, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which was up 4.86% to settle at 7,303.80 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 4.38% to close at 1,106.95.

The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.78% to 726.50 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.86% to settle at 4,244.60 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.03% to 19,839.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1364 to 454 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2274 rose and 1009 declined, while 124 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.66% to 18.70.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.70 to $1,745.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.20% or 2.13 to hit $94.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.15% or 2.21 to trade at $100.72 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.59% to 79.53, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 79.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 108.45.