India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.03%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology , IT and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.03% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS ), which rose 2.38% or 40.20 points to trade at 1,726.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL ) added 2.17% or 38.95 points to end at 1,835.20 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI ) was up 1.98% or 242.20 points to 12,486.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL ), which fell 2.04% or 19.70 points to trade at 943.80 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN ) declined 1.93% or 70.20 points to end at 3,560.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL ) was down 1.92% or 54.15 points to 2,767.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which rose 2.37% to 1,726.70, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI ) which was up 1.87% to settle at 12,476.00 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART ) which gained 1.61% to close at 3,698.70.

The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL ) which was down 2.01% to 2,764.00 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL ) which lost 1.96% to settle at 944.20 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN ) which was down 1.89% to 3,561.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1355 to 1098 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2043 rose and 1748 declined, while 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL ) rose to all time highs; up 2.17% or 38.95 to 1,835.20.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.72% to 13.69.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 12.65 to $2,542.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.79% or 0.61 to hit $76.81 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.53 to trade at $79.83 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.07% to 83.92, while EUR/INR rose 0.09% to 93.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.73.

Source: Investing.com