Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.99% or 28.75 points to trade at 508.65 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 3.89% or 50.35 points to end at 1343.65 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 3.75% or 42.35 points to 1172.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 1.94% or 22.85 points to trade at 1154.90 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 1.46% or 12.30 points to end at 829.40 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.17% or 2.25 points to 190.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.92% to 1345.25, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 3.20% to settle at 2456.80 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 2.91% to close at 19235.70.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 1.92% to 1154.65 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.43% to settle at 829.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.30% to 190.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1344 to 405 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2123 rose and 981 declined, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.87% to 16.7525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.70 to $1804.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.12 to hit $83.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $85.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 74.925, while EUR/INR fell 0.02% to 87.0495.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.743.