India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 2.44% or 14.30 points to trade at 599.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.18% or 9.75 points to end at 456.05 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) was up 1.99% or 16.10 points to 823.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which fell 1.74% or 15.15 points to trade at 855.20 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 1.16% or 29.55 points to end at 2,526.15 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was down 0.96% or 23.40 points to 2,420.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.66% to 119.55, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.60% to settle at 1,203.50 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.21% to close at 221.20.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.75% to 855.05 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 1.13% to settle at 2,526.25 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 0.96% to 980.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1179 to 806 and 76 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1989 rose and 1476 declined, while 148 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.39% to 12.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.75 to $1,948.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.62 to hit $80.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.60 to trade at $84.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 82.73, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 89.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.03.
