Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which rose 4.43% or 7.40 points to trade at 174.85 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) added 3.57% or 11.90 points to end at 346.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 3.49% or 7.35 points to 218.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 2.02% or 6.95 points to trade at 336.55 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 2.00% or 8.45 points to end at 413.20 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 1.54% or 43.85 points to 2798.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.04% to 253.85, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.45% to settle at 1786.00 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 1.30% to close at 590.05.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.42% to 411.45 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 1.27% to settle at 2803.20 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.58% to 1821.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1197 to 413 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1795 rose and 781 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 2.34% to 15.5500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.48% or 6.50 to $1348.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $65.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.25 to trade at $69.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.38% to 64.955, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 80.5955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 88.99.