Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.61% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.80% or 8.90 points to trade at 327.60 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.84% or 28.75 points to end at 1036.20 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 1.94% or 2.56 points to 134.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 2.66% or 591.40 points to trade at 21759.10 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 2.04% or 54.50 points to end at 2614.05 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) shed 1.37% or 18.95 points to 1357.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 2.45% to 299.40, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 2.18% to settle at 1034.60 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 2.16% to close at 135.10.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 2.10% to 2615.40 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.60% to settle at 1356.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.13% to 6832.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 806 to 799 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1340 rose and 1259 declined, while 160 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.41% to 16.4925.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 6.45 to $1307.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.67% or 0.40 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.58 to trade at $68.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.59% to 68.957, while EUR/INR rose 0.68% to 78.3190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.792.