Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Public Sector Undertakings, Metals and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.43%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 8.96% or 9.90 points to trade at 120.35 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) added 6.70% or 169.75 points to end at 2685.90 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 4.08% or 13.80 points to 350.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 3.52% or 12.70 points to trade at 348.30 in late trade. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 3.52% or 17.15 points to end at 471.50 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 2.12% or 17.05 points to 784.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 8.87% to 120.30, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 7.18% to settle at 55.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 3.86% to close at 350.95.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.58% to 347.80 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.23% to settle at 785.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.12% to 676.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1133 to 422 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1600 rose and 824 declined, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.87% to 16.0100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 3.05 to $1540.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.23% or 0.66 to hit $54.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.64 to trade at $58.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.59% to 71.594, while EUR/INR fell 0.54% to 79.5120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 97.812.