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

The index gained 0.86% at the NSE close, and the gain was 0.86%.

These were the best performers of the session Asian Paints Ltd. (NS): traded at 3368.20 after the close by rising 2.93%, or 95.80 point. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS) gained 2.64%, or 21.00 points, to close at 815.10. Mahindra & Mahindra Late trade saw a rise in Ltd. (NS) of 2.46%, or 20.15 point to 838.70

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (NS) were the worst-performing session participants, losing 0.34% of 0.70 points and closing at 205.40. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS) fell 0.30%, or 2.60 points, to reach 852.65 ICICI Bank Ltd (NS): The number of 735.80 was decreased by 0.03%, or 0.20 points.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.85% to 3367.15, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:) which was up 2.59% to settle at 815.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which gained 2.53% to close at 839.00.

IndusInd Bank Ltd., which declined 0.29% to 852.70 late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. [BO:] which suffered a loss of 0.22% to settle in at 205.60 at close and ICICI Bank Ltd. (“BO:”) which gained 0.04% up to 736.05 after the close.

On the India National Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered those in decline by 1430, 369, and 24, respectively. 24 was left unchanged.

The implied volatility index of Nifty 50 options was down by 3.75%, to 16.4750.

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.26% to $1813.55 per troy-ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 0.77 percent to $76.34 per barrel in February, and March Brent oil contracts rose 0.72 percent to $78.94 per barrel.

USD/INR declined 0.36%, to 74.692. EUR/INR dropped 0.66%, to 84.3385.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.9% at 96.265