Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Technology and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.79% or 86.45 points to trade at 2,367.00 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 3.78% or 49.00 points to end at 1,346.55 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was up 1.63% or 40.05 points to 2,498.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 3.56% or 54.80 points to trade at 1,485.30 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 1.60% or 9.65 points to end at 593.80 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 1.36% or 40.20 points to 2,919.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.89% to 1,349.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.77% to settle at 2,502.75 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.53% to close at 12,974.35.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.48% to 1,486.00 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.39% to settle at 2,919.40 and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.13% to 5,947.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1352 to 828 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2232 rose and 1446 declined, while 109 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 19.72% to 10.19 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.42% or 33.30 to $2,313.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $81.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.03 to trade at $86.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 83.33, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 88.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 105.94.