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

NSE close: The index gained 1.56% while the NSE added 1.56%.

These were the best performers of the session Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS): Traded at 442.50 by the close, up 5.02% (21.15 points), Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS.:) increased 3.61% to reach 1148.80. AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS.:) was up 3.60% or 23.90 to 687.00 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Cipla Ltd. (NS): Traded at 889.25 by the close, down 0.64%. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS) fell 0.58%, or 20.20 point to finish at 3476.00. Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. was down 0.477% or 22.00 to 4624.80.

Top performers in the BSE Sensex 30 include Tata Steel Ltd. (BO) with a rise of 3.63% at 1149.35; AXIS Bank Ltd.(BO:), which saw a rise of 3.60% at 687.20, and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO) who gained 3.46% at 734.65.

The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which was down 0.22% to 3031.30 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.27% to settle at 698.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.56% to 4528.50 at the close.

In India, declining stocks were outnumbered by rising ones 1374 to 386. 52 ended unchanged. On Bombay Stock Exchange 2261 rose while 923 fell, while 116 ended unchanged.

The was, which is a measure of implied volatility for Nifty 50 options fell 8.06% to 18.4600.

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.06% to $1780.60 or 1.10 to $1780.60 an troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil was up 3.12%, or 2.17, to reach $71.66 per barrel. The February Brent oil contract, however, rose 2.68%, or 1.96, to trade at $75.04 per barrel.

USD/INR increased 0.06% to 75.373, while EUR/INR dropped 0.11% at 84.9840.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.3% at 96.360