Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.46% to hit a new 3-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 5.16% or 7.80 points to trade at 159.00 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 3.94% or 9.65 points to end at 254.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 3.92% or 16.90 points to 448.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 3.87% or 866.40 points to trade at 21530.00 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 3.57% or 39.55 points to end at 1068.00 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 2.33% or 11.50 points to 482.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 3.96% to 448.00, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 2.48% to settle at 522.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 2.39% to close at 203.65.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 3.73% to 1066.50 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.13% to settle at 552.05 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.11% to 684.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 946 to 684 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1503 rose and 1088 declined, while 133 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.11% to 21.3600 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.67% or 33.95 to $1996.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.50% or 0.63 to hit $42.57 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.50 to trade at $45.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.29% to 74.654, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 88.0660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.237.