Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 5.87% or 111.15 points to trade at 2009.60 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 4.84% or 276.95 points to end at 5971.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 4.09% or 12.10 points to 307.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 3.54% or 5.85 points to trade at 160.50 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 2.63% or 101.20 points to end at 3755.55 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 1.76% or 5.65 points to 315.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 6.30% to 2013.75, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 3.86% to settle at 2825.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 3.78% to close at 307.75.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.40% to 3508.05 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 1.27% to settle at 1283.50 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.27% to 522.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 916 to 679 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1405 rose and 1143 declined, while 134 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.60% to 13.6025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.70 to $1293.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.52 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.37 to trade at $79.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 68.066, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 80.4141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.31.