Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.43% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 5.72% or 49.55 points to trade at 916.50 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.19% or 20.70 points to end at 967.80 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 2.06% or 12.75 points to 630.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.08% or 5.00 points to trade at 234.90 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 1.76% or 327.30 points to end at 18270.05 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 1.67% or 2.30 points to 135.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 5.41% to 913.60, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.06% to settle at 630.25 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.95% to close at 965.75.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.74% to 18275.00 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.44% to settle at 99.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.04% to 189.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 856 to 790 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1493 rose and 1412 declined, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.77% to 20.7900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.05% or 1.00 to $1881.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.41% or 0.67 to hit $48.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.72 to trade at $51.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.23% to 73.376, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 89.8630.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.983.