Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 7.23% or 49.50 points to trade at 734.05 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 6.60% or 20.10 points to end at 324.60 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 5.73% or 18.10 points to 334.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which lost 3.88% or 75.60 points to trade at 1874.00 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.75% or 11.80 points to end at 662.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 1.57% or 111.45 points to 6975.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 5.64% to 112.30, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.64% to settle at 1490.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 2.55% to close at 1047.85.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.87% to 1873.15 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 1.58% to settle at 6975.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.36% to 3911.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1005 to 641 and 62 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1631 rose and 1190 declined, while 152 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.95% to 25.2275.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 3.60 to $1804.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.79% or 0.49 to hit $62.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.46 to trade at $64.82 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 72.494, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 88.0730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 90.153.