India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.45%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Real Estate and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.41%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which rose 2.72% or 37.70 points to trade at 1,423.00 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 2.24% or 14.60 points to end at 667.00 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) was up 2.22% or 47.75 points to 2,197.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 3.84% or 13.35 points to trade at 334.40 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.31% or 6.55 points to end at 191.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 1.36% or 5.35 points to 386.65.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 1.39% to 3,392.20, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.37% to settle at 126.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.36% to close at 1,203.85.

The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 0.66% to 249.30 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 0.63% to settle at 1,203.95 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 0.59% to 5,524.30 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1137 to 925 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1942 rose and 1647 declined, while 132 ended unchanged.

Shares in SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) rose to all time highs; rising 2.72% or 37.70 to 1,423.00. Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.39% or 46.35 to 3,392.20. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.36% or 16.15 to 1,203.85.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.70% to 12.23 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 10.35 to $1,990.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $77.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.23 to trade at $82.09 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.02% to 83.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 91.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.21.