Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.43%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 2.61% or 27.25 points to trade at 1,072.25 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 2.49% or 79.15 points to end at 3,253.05 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 1.81% or 93.45 points to 5,251.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 2.40% or 15.85 points to trade at 644.25 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 1.63% or 13.20 points to end at 797.40 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 1.18% or 89.25 points to 7,444.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.48% to 1,072.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 1.77% to settle at 9,910.00 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.56% to close at 22,930.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.25% to 7,440.00 in late trade, Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.11% to settle at 953.40 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 0.84% to 1,114.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1105 to 831 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1840 rose and 1523 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.93% to 11.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.59% or 11.35 to $1,942.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $73.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.25 to trade at $77.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.21% to 82.41, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 90.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 101.38.