Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 2.86% or 5.70 points to trade at 204.90 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 2.18% or 31.00 points to end at 1445.55 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.89% or 18.50 points to 997.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 1.84% or 10.00 points to trade at 532.40 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.60% or 4.65 points to end at 284.75 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 1.93% or 6.55 points to 334.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 2.94% to 204.90, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.99% to settle at 177.15 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.83% to close at 1445.75.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.78% to 532.55 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.27% to settle at 513.05 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 1.24% to 383.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 814 to 776 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1345 rose and 1228 declined, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.53% to 14.0425 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.39% or 5.30 to $1345.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $66.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 65.675, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 81.2318.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.21.