Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 6.76% or 564.40 points to trade at 8919.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 5.26% or 248.15 points to end at 4968.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 5.20% or 12.80 points to 258.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 0.36% or 0.80 points to trade at 218.95 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 0.28% or 2.75 points to end at 995.50 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) shed 0.08% or 2.85 points to 3605.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 6.77% to 8920.00, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 5.25% to settle at 4960.85 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 3.54% to close at 602.00.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.30% to 995.00 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 0.18% to settle at 219.15 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.01% to 808.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1253 to 395 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2018 rose and 839 declined, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.14% to 22.8975.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.78% or 14.20 to $1844.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $52.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.55 to trade at $55.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.05% to 73.143, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 88.7155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 90.460.