Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Carbon and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.78% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which rose 3.73% or 107.60 points to trade at 2,989.85 at the close. Axis Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 3.53% or 43.35 points to end at 1,271.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 2.38% or 27.85 points to 1,197.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 2.93% or 8.95 points to trade at 296.30 in late trade. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 1.97% or 95.85 points to end at 4,775.05 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.67% or 5.55 points to 327.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 3.66% to 1,273.00, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.91% to settle at 1,204.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.16% to close at 1,708.25.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.88% to 326.80 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 1.16% to settle at 2,862.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.10% to 175.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1279 to 974 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2017 fell and 1716 advanced, while 113 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.81% to 14.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 3.10 to $2,347.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.46 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 83.43, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 89.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.18.