Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.31% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 3.82% or 30.65 points to trade at 832.80 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.40% or 20.85 points to end at 634.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 3.35% or 45.85 points to 1413.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 2.28% or 17.40 points to trade at 744.25 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.02% or 14.25 points to end at 692.65 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.98% or 6.00 points to 297.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 3.21% to 1411.50, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.32% to settle at 3552.40 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 2.30% to close at 18717.80.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.78% to 1000.50 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.26% to settle at 117.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.18% to 626.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1148 to 547 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1968 fell and 1059 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.33% to 13.4125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 7.05 to $1796.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.61% or 0.41 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.31 to trade at $69.20 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 74.358, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 87.5080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.733.