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

The NSE closed with an increase of 0.79% and the index gaining 0.63%.

They were the top performers at the session Tata Motors Ltd (NS): The close traded at 508.65, rising 5.99% or 28,75 points. In the meantime Tata Steel Ltd (NS: ) was up 3.89% or 50.35 to 1343.65 SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS) saw a 3.75% increase or 42.35 point to 1172.05 during late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS): fell 1.94%, or 22.85 point to trade at 1154.90 by the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS.) dropped 1.46% (or 12.30 points) to finish at 829.40. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (NS.) was down 1.7% (or 2.25 points) to 190.40.

Top performers in the BSE Sensex 30 index were Tata Steel Ltd. (BO) with a rise of 3.92% at 1345.25; Titan Company Ltd. (BO) was up 3.20% at 2456.80, and Nestle India Ltd. (BO) gained 2.91% at close at 19235.70.

IndusInd Bank Ltd., which dropped 1.92% to 1154.65 by late trade and ICICI Bank Ltd. which dropped 1.43% to settle to 829.00. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. was also down 1.30% at the close.

Indian National Stock Exchange: Rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1344, 405 and 51 respectively. However, the Bombay Stock Exchange ended unchanged with 2123 rising and 981 declining, while 133 remained unchanged.

The was, which is a measure of implied volatility for Nifty 50 options fell 4.87% to 16.7525.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.15%, or 2.70, to $1804.10 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.12 or 0.14 to reach $83.64/barrel, and January Brent oil, which fell 0.04 or 0.03, to trade at $85.14/barrel.

USD/INR decreased 0.12% at 74.925 while EUR/INR fell by 0.02%, to 87.0495.

At 93.743, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.07%.