Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 3.80% or 35.60 points to trade at 970.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 3.55% or 11.10 points to end at 324.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 2.83% or 150.00 points to 5427.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 7.43% or 19.00 points to trade at 236.75 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 3.46% or 10.30 points to end at 286.95 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 2.82% or 33.45 points to 1154.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.70% to 969.75, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was up 3.31% to settle at 323.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.94% to close at 838.45.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 3.30% to 287.05 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.49% to settle at 1153.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.23% to 598.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 914 to 693 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1448 fell and 1148 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.51% to 11.8950 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.50 to $1328.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.95 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.38% to 66.305, while EUR/INR fell 0.25% to 81.0267.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.68.