Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Auto and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 4.50% or 11.70 points to trade at 270.60 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 4.19% or 11.05 points to end at 273.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) was up 3.22% or 6.45 points to 205.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 3.11% or 46.55 points to trade at 1444.85 in late trade. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 3.19% or 27.40 points to end at 831.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 1.17% or 4.15 points to 351.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 4.08% to 270.60, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 3.17% to settle at 99.20 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 2.67% to close at 206.00.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.54% to 1443.50 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.95% to settle at 759.85 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.76% to 351.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 902 to 666 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1338 fell and 1119 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.63% to 20.2800 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.55 to $1305.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.43% to 69.263, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 78.0785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.547.