India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.42%

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

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI ), which rose 5.09% or 263.50 points to trade at 5,437.00 at the close. Meanwhile, LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM ) added 3.11% or 191.35 points to end at 6,337.95 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC ) 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:HDFL ), which fell 4.40% or 32.40 points to trade at 703.40 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL ) declined 2.46% or 46.75 points to end at 1,855.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS ) was down 2.02% or 37.65 points to 1,822.80.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC ) which rose 2.41% to 399.35, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT ) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1,783.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which gained 2.10% to close at 1,575.00.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS ) which was down 1.77% to 1,826.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which lost 1.55% to settle at 7,233.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL ) 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:DIVI ) rose to all time highs; up 5.09% or 263.50 to 5,437.00. Shares in LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM ) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.11% or 191.35 to 6,337.95.

The India VIX , 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.

Source: Investing.com