Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Technology and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 5.09% or 263.50 points to trade at 5,437.00 at the close. LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM) added 3.11% or 191.35 points to end at 6,337.95 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.39% or 9.30 points to 399.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL), which lost 4.40% or 32.40 points to trade at 703.40 in late trade. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) declined 2.46% or 46.75 points to end at 1,855.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 2.02% or 37.65 points to 1,822.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.41% to 399.35, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.15% to settle at 1,783.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.10% to close at 1,575.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 1.77% to 1,826.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 1.55% to settle at 7,233.00 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.65% to 2,903.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1748 to 719 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2461 rose and 1310 declined, while 99 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.57% to 13.30.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 3.45 to $2,536.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.03% or 0.71 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.68 to trade at $71.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.98, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 92.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.57.