Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.15%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which rose 2.88% or 115.50 points to trade at 4,125.00 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 2.75% or 32.10 points to end at 1,200.95 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 2.24% or 31.90 points to 1,452.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which lost 1.22% or 63.35 points to trade at 5,114.00 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 0.96% or 16.35 points to end at 1,680.00 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) shed 0.93% or 24.30 points to 2,595.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 1.71% to 3,560.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.50% to settle at 1,064.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 1.49% to close at 1,469.00.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.03% to 2,592.20 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.90% to settle at 3,266.85 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 0.88% to 1,681.85 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1169 to 962 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2164 rose and 1553 declined, while 94 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.49% to 13.26.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 10.65 to $2,044.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.43 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.97% or 1.50 to trade at $77.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 83.13, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 90.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 102.05.