Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 4.59% or 57.15 points to trade at 1299.20 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 3.19% or 8.35 points to end at 270.05 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was up 3.39% or 627.00 points to 19063.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 3.80% or 24.35 points to trade at 615.95 in late trade. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) declined 1.86% or 5.40 points to end at 283.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 1.61% or 3.40 points to 207.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.94% to 269.60, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.92% to settle at 769.40 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 2.22% to close at 193.40.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.02% to 283.90 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 1.28% to settle at 177.70 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which was down 0.86% to 366.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1223 to 366 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1797 rose and 769 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.06% to 15.1850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.60 to $1341.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.34 to trade at $67.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 65.033, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 79.9756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.74.