Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.36% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 3.13% or 92.30 points to trade at 3042.20 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 1.99% or 14.65 points to end at 750.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 1.60% or 10.15 points to 645.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which lost 1.57% or 69.05 points to trade at 4319.00 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 1.38% or 2.20 points to end at 157.15 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 1.06% or 126.15 points to 11800.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 3.18% to 3041.85, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 1.97% to settle at 750.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.57% to close at 645.05.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.11% to 11799.05 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 0.82% to settle at 5414.90 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 0.68% to 1723.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1011 to 685 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1852 rose and 1226 declined, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.75% to 14.6050.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.55 to $1866.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.60 to hit $71.48 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.63 to trade at $73.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.21% to 73.333, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 88.8975.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.498.