India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 4.50% or 11.70 points to trade at 270.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 4.19% or 11.05 points to end at 273.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 3.22% or 6.45 points to 205.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which fell 3.11% or 46.55 points to trade at 1444.85 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 3.19% or 27.40 points to end at 831.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 1.17% or 4.15 points to 351.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 4.08% to 270.60, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 3.17% to settle at 99.20 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.67% to close at 206.00.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.54% to 1443.50 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.95% to settle at 759.85 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.76% to 351.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 902 to 666 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1338 fell and 1119 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.63% to 20.2800 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.55 to $1305.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.43% to 69.265, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 78.0815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.547.
