Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.54%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 3.15% or 19.55 points to trade at 638.90 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.43% or 7.95 points to end at 335.50 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 3.00% or 172.10 points to 5880.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 3.84% or 118.00 points to trade at 2958.15 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 3.81% or 19.45 points to end at 493.85 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) shed 3.03% or 5.70 points to 182.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.53% to 637.00, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.29% to settle at 1888.35 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.61% to close at 1127.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.34% to 493.60 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 3.12% to settle at 2966.60 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.55% to 183.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 834 to 738 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1286 fell and 1191 advanced, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 10.23% to 18.3150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1230.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.22 to trade at $60.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.00% to 70.828, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 80.1450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.107.