Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.99% or 5.40 points to trade at 140.80 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 3.67% or 10.80 points to end at 303.50 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 3.36% or 44.55 points to 1367.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 2.53% or 19.95 points to trade at 770.75 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 1.46% or 2.40 points to end at 161.80 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 1.07% or 9.75 points to 903.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.28% to 140.10, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.23% to settle at 303.30 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 3.18% to close at 173.60.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.23% to 726.75 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 0.85% to settle at 2933.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 0.68% to 293.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 906 to 707 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1352 rose and 1243 declined, while 157 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.12% to 16.4850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.70 to $1320.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.24% or 0.73 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.52 to trade at $67.33 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 68.916, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 77.9730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.010.