Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.43%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 4.56% or 168.55 points to trade at 3,863.50 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 3.35% or 131.75 points to end at 4,067.45 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.25% or 6.80 points to 309.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.82% or 133.00 points to trade at 7,162.30 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 1.60% or 26.75 points to end at 1,645.30 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.21% or 18.95 points to 1,543.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.44% to 310.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.66% to settle at 1,662.00 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.59% to close at 470.05.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.81% to 7,162.95 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 1.42% to settle at 1,647.65 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.12% to 1,544.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1233 to 884 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2228 rose and 1527 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.08% to 14.68 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 4.30 to $2,073.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.42% or 0.31 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.20 to trade at $78.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.18, while EUR/INR unchanged 0.00% to 91.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.34.