Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 13.22% or 307.60 points to trade at 2,633.70 at the close. Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 3.61% or 118.00 points to end at 3,383.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.72% or 24.25 points to 1,437.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which lost 1.40% or 64.30 points to trade at 4,541.00 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 1.26% or 13.95 points to end at 1,090.50 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 1.19% or 20.40 points to 1,697.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 1.75% to 1,437.55, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.07% to settle at 3,118.30 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.00% to close at 429.00.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.21% to 1,091.10 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 1.11% to settle at 2,682.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.07% to 1,107.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1000 to 927 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1694 fell and 1691 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.28% to 12.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.99% or 19.55 to $1,957.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.65% or 0.47 to hit $72.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.46 to trade at $76.45 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 82.84, while EUR/INR fell 0.36% to 89.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 103.43.