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 2.63% and the index gaining 2.54%.

They were the top performers at the session Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS): Traded at 428.40 after the close, up 9.58%. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS) increased 7.72%, or 85.20 point to reach 1,188.70 Coal India Ltd (NSS:) was up 7.48% or 12,85 points to 184.55 by late trade.

Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (NS:) was the worst performer of the session, falling 0.17% or 1.25 point to close at 734.25. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:) added 0.40% or 15.60 points to end at 3,904.00 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS): was up 0.544%, or 119.15 point to 22,100.00.

Top performers in the BSE Sensex 30 include Tata Steel Ltd. (BO) who rose 7.62% at 1,188.35 and Reliance Industries Ltd. (BO) which was up 4.26% at 2,530.70, ITC Ltd. (BO) which increased 4.15% at 264.60.

Nestle India Ltd., which rose 0.59% to 16314.60 by late trade (BO), HDFC Bank Ltd.(BO:), which increased 0.69% to close at 1,314.05, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.. (BO), which rose 0.71% to 892.05 after the close.

In India, declining stocks were outnumbered by rising ones, 1605-161 to 241 and 25, respectively. 25 ended unchanged on Bombay Stock Exchange. 2527 rose, 699 fell, while 121 ended unaffected.

The was, which is used to measure the implied volatility for Nifty 50 options fell 7.28% from 22.74.

The June delivery of Gold Futures was up 0.7% or 13.83 points to $1,827.83 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.71 or 0.66 to reach $112.53/barrel, and the July Brent Oil contract, which rose 0.65% or 0.74, to trade at $114.98/barrel.

USD/INR fell 0.44% at 77.47 while EUR/INR rose 0.38 to 81.47.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.2% to 103.56