India stocks higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.89% By Investing.com

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

At the close in NSE, the rose 0.89%, while the index climbed 0.99%.

The best performers of the session on the were UPL Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.79% or 27.80 points to trade at 761.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS:) added 3.27% or 12.25 points to end at 386.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:) was up 2.36% or 54.75 points to 2,378.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.37% or 76.95 points to trade at 3,175.70 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.06% or 89.80 points to end at 4,268.85 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) was down 1.48% or 17.40 points to 1,161.70.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.31% to 386.50, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.35% to settle at 2,377.40 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.84% to close at 6,458.80.

The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.10% to 166.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which lost 0.88% to settle at 1,005.95 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was down 0.80% to 7,122.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1320 to 606 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2158 fell and 1221 advanced, while 110 ended unchanged.

Shares in ITC Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.27% or 12.25 to 386.45. Shares in ITC Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.31% or 12.40 to 386.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.66% to 13.45.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.35% or 6.60 to $1,870.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.42% or 1.14 to hit $79.00 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.89 to trade at $85.72 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.23% to 82.78, while EUR/INR rose 0.53% to 89.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 102.93.