Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 7.95% or 59.75 points to trade at 811.25 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 7.02% or 643.55 points to end at 9806.70 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 5.69% or 16.30 points to 302.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 4.40% or 219.65 points to trade at 4777.30 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 4.39% or 142.50 points to end at 3104.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 3.65% or 38.00 points to 1001.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 8.02% to 811.65, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 6.43% to settle at 9751.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 4.75% to close at 4727.40.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 4.21% to 3105.00 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 4.18% to settle at 4780.60 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 3.54% to 1001.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1262 to 398 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1866 rose and 897 declined, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 11.02% to 20.4600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.48% or 8.25 to $1724.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.95% or 0.57 to hit $60.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.67 to trade at $63.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.56% to 75.397, while EUR/INR rose 0.40% to 89.6550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.237.