India stocks mixed at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.01%

Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals , Power and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.01% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC ), which rose 4.25% or 6.54 points to trade at 160.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC ) added 3.95% or 27.30 points to end at 717.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD ) was up 2.61% or 8.90 points to 350.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL ), which fell 2.91% or 55.80 points to trade at 1,864.35 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL ) declined 2.58% or 78.00 points to end at 2,950.55 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS ) was down 1.78% or 47.60 points to 2,619.30.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC ) which rose 4.32% to 160.60, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD ) which was up 2.70% to settle at 350.25 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML ) which gained 1.88% to close at 1,638.00.

The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL ) which was down 2.46% to 2,953.30 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC ) which lost 1.54% to settle at 11,786.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK ) which was down 1.16% to 1,448.40 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1398 to 1101 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1965 fell and 1834 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.95% or 27.30 to 717.85.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.08% to 13.36.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.70 to $2,659.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.54% or 1.79 to hit $72.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.32% or 1.70 to trade at $74.91 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.14% to 83.65, while EUR/INR rose 0.33% to 93.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 100.49.

Source: Investing.com