Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.66%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which rose 3.45% or 628.45 points to trade at 18840.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 2.58% or 45.05 points to end at 1792.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 2.34% or 19.60 points to 858.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which fell 4.36% or 23.70 points to trade at 519.95 at the close. Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) declined 2.53% or 3.15 points to end at 121.55 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was down 2.22% or 3.00 points to 131.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.28% to 856.30, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.14% to settle at 975.90 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.06% to close at 217.85.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.53% to 558.60 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.04% to settle at 246.35 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.02% to 131.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 918 to 523 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 466 rose and 312 declined, while 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.53% or 3.15 to 121.55. Shares in ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.04% or 2.60 to 246.35.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.56% to 17.3425.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.22% or 2.30 to $1065.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.61% or 0.58 to hit $36.90 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.72 to trade at $38.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.23% to 66.936, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 73.7790.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.45.