Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.07% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 7.71% or 16.60 points to trade at 232.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.57% or 223.85 points to end at 5122.50 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 4.07% or 363.45 points to 9296.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 2.16% or 401.90 points to trade at 18189.90 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 2.14% or 50.70 points to end at 2320.05 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 1.69% or 6.85 points to 398.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.69% to 5128.05, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 4.15% to settle at 9301.85 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 2.19% to close at 2350.90.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.09% to 2321.00 in late trade, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which lost 2.04% to settle at 18205.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.64% to 517.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 848 to 807 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1502 rose and 1354 declined, while 164 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.30% to 19.3450.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.92% or 16.90 to $1849.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.13 to trade at $50.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 73.578, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 89.4745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.593.