Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 3.54% or 47.15 points to trade at 1,378.75 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 2.87% or 197.85 points to end at 7,085.55 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) was up 2.84% or 15.30 points to 553.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 2.25% or 135.40 points to trade at 5,886.40 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 2.18% or 74.95 points to end at 3,358.70 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 2.04% or 21.10 points to 1,015.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.53% to 1,378.60, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 3.09% to settle at 7,097.95 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 3.02% to close at 218.15.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.27% to 3,357.45 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.26% to settle at 5,885.60 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.01% to 1,015.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1516 to 396 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2343 rose and 1025 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.71% to 16.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.97% or 18.60 to $1,904.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.40% or 1.09 to hit $76.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 1.03 to trade at $83.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.52% to 81.94, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 88.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.31.