India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.15%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Auto sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 2.88% or 115.50 points to trade at 4,125.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.75% or 32.10 points to end at 1,200.95 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.24% or 31.90 points to 1,452.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which fell 1.22% or 63.35 points to trade at 5,114.00 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 0.96% or 16.35 points to end at 1,680.00 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was down 0.93% or 24.30 points to 2,595.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen&Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 1.71% to 3,560.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.50% to settle at 1,064.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.49% to close at 1,469.00.

The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.03% to 2,592.20 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.90% to settle at 3,266.85 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 0.88% to 1,681.85 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1169 to 962 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2164 rose and 1553 declined, while 94 ended unchanged.

Shares in Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) rose to all time highs; rising 2.75% or 32.10 to 1,200.95. Shares in Larsen&Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) rose to all time highs; rising 1.71% or 59.75 to 3,560.00. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.50% or 15.75 to 1,064.90.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.49% to 13.26.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 10.55 to $2,044.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.43 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.50 to trade at $77.62 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.09% to 83.13, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 102.05.