Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 2.99% or 9.35 points to trade at 319.50 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.12% or 41.65 points to end at 2009.00 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) was up 1.50% or 3.80 points to 256.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 3.79% or 30.50 points to trade at 773.35 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 1.46% or 3.30 points to end at 222.75 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 0.65% or 2.15 points to 326.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 2.76% to 321.55, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.01% to settle at 2009.60 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 1.38% to close at 184.25.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.75% to 773.60 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.21% to settle at 515.55 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 0.83% to 148.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 903 to 651 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1394 rose and 1063 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.22% to 15.3250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1284.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.13% or 0.51 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 0.95 to trade at $54.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 69.655, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 80.0055.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.700.