Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Consumer Durables and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY), which rose 2.97% or 84.40 points to trade at 2924.45 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) added 2.27% or 10.85 points to end at 487.95 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 2.00% or 16.95 points to 862.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which lost 3.57% or 14.40 points to trade at 388.95 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 2.99% or 3.10 points to end at 100.60 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) shed 2.87% or 8.30 points to 281.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 3.04% to 2928.35, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.22% to settle at 487.85 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.93% to close at 862.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.58% to 388.90 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.89% to settle at 100.75 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 1.96% to 89.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 733 to 684 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 811 fell and 768 advanced, while 54 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.19% to 16.4150.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1267.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.33 to hit $43.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.59 to trade at $44.22 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 66.615, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 75.8280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.17.