Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Consumer Durables and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.72% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 5.77% or 536.90 points to trade at 9801.50 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 4.79% or 169.35 points to end at 3701.00 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 3.94% or 28.00 points to 738.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 1.47% or 13.00 points to trade at 869.45 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 0.98% or 9.95 points to end at 1003.95 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 0.15% or 0.45 points to 292.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 5.33% to 9804.50, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was up 4.70% to settle at 3696.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 3.39% to close at 419.25.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.07% to 292.15 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.04% to settle at 1004.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.49% to 1709.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1215 to 353 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1853 rose and 766 declined, while 157 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 7.07% to 12.1875 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1266.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.27 to hit $57.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 64.035, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 75.6439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.16.