Investing.com โ 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 0.42%, while the index added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the were Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:), which rose 5.09% or 263.50 points to trade at 5,437.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:) added 3.11% or 191.35 points to end at 6,337.95 and NTPC Ltd (NS:) was up 2.39% or 9.30 points to 399.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:), which fell 4.40% or 32.40 points to trade at 703.40 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) declined 2.46% or 46.75 points to end at 1,855.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) was down 2.02% or 37.65 points to 1,822.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.41% to 399.35, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1,783.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.10% to close at 1,575.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.77% to 1,826.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.55% to settle at 7,233.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.65% to 2,903.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1748 to 719 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2461 rose and 1310 declined, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) rose to all time highs; up 5.09% or 263.50 to 5,437.00. Shares in LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.11% or 191.35 to 6,337.95.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.57% to 13.30.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 4.15 to $2,536.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.03% or 0.71 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.70 to trade at $71.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.98, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 92.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.57.
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