Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Auto and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.04% or 17.20 points to trade at 583.25 at the close. HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) added 2.74% or 17.15 points to end at 643.70 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.73% or 31.10 points to 1,168.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.86% or 137.40 points to trade at 7,248.80 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 1.36% or 20.90 points to end at 1,521.05 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 0.92% or 9.20 points to 992.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.69% to 1,168.20, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.45% to settle at 248.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.28% to close at 1,107.20.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.86% to 7,247.90 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.18% to settle at 1,523.70 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 0.96% to 991.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1122 to 817 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1843 rose and 1535 declined, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.82% to 11.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 7.75 to $1,963.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.70 to trade at $76.79 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.16% to 82.11, while EUR/INR rose 0.34% to 89.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 102.04.