Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.92% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 4.64% or 19.55 points to trade at 439.40 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 4.54% or 19.15 points to end at 439.95 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 3.36% or 4.95 points to 152.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 1.25% or 5.45 points to trade at 429.05 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 0.87% or 1.05 points to end at 119.80 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 0.40% or 4.65 points to 1157.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 4.38% to 439.50, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 4.30% to settle at 439.95 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 3.78% to close at 75.45.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.37% to 429.05 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 0.63% to settle at 505.85 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.56% to 3201.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 930 to 620 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1374 rose and 1013 declined, while 185 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.69% to 12.5175 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 2.95 to $1483.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $65.41 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 70.983, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 79.1835.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.700.