Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 9.51% or 452.80 points to trade at 5216.00 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 9.06% or 16.85 points to end at 202.75 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 8.15% or 176.15 points to 2337.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 3.30% or 4.90 points to trade at 143.65 in late trade. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 1.87% or 108.60 points to end at 5685.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 1.39% or 4.80 points to 341.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 8.64% to 2346.70, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 7.56% to settle at 1343.65 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 6.74% to close at 437.70.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.74% to 5688.00 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.69% to settle at 197.20 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.07% to 96.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1199 to 351 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1660 rose and 676 declined, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.04% to 30.1150 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.75 to $1749.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.74% or 0.97 to hit $36.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.87% or 1.10 to trade at $39.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.50% to 75.125, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 83.9105.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.535.