Today India stocks higher at close of trade

India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.49%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd, which rose 4.09% or 14.40 points to trade at 366.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. added 2.80% or 11.05 points to end at 405.70 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. was up 2.73% or 95.05 points to 3573.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Coal India Limited, which fell 2.16% or 6.05 points to trade at 274.40 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED declined 2.01% or 6.65 points to end at 324.50 and Idea Cellular Ltd  was down 1.87% or 2.15 points to 113.05.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. which rose 3.87% to 365.20, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. which was up 2.82% to settle at 3576.65 and Hero MotoCorp Limited  which gained 2.47% to close at 3049.95.

The worst performers were Coal India Limited which was down 2.28% to 274.45 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED which lost 2.11% to settle at 324.15 and ITC Ltd which was down 1.18% to 322.65 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 864 to 546 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 520 rose and 311 declined, while 16 ended unchanged.

Shares in Coal India Limited fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.16% or 6.05 to 274.40. Shares in Coal India Limited  fell to 52-week lows; down 2.28% or 6.40 to 274.45. Shares in Hero MotoCorp Limited rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.47% or 73.40 to 3049.95.

The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.08% to 16.0250.

Gold for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1259.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.50% or 0.20 to hit $40.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.34 to trade at $43.17 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.33% to 66.505, while EUR/INR rose 0.38% to 75.9350.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 93.86.