Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.39% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which rose 3.57% or 97.60 points to trade at 2,829.75 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 3.20% or 10.30 points to end at 331.80 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 3.01% or 14.35 points to 491.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 2.21% or 284.25 points to trade at 12,560.95 in late trade. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.54% or 94.00 points to end at 5,991.25 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 1.11% or 2.03 points to 181.12.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 3.13% to 331.55, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 3.06% to settle at 491.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.90% to close at 1,126.85.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.14% to 12,576.20 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 0.96% to settle at 11,131.50 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 0.90% to 181.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1222 to 1073 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2060 rose and 1786 declined, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.11% to 12.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 5.35 to $2,323.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $79.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.14 to trade at $84.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 83.42, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 89.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 105.11.