Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.76%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 2.89% or 18.70 points to trade at 664.95 at the close. Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) added 2.74% or 67.95 points to end at 2544.90 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.64% or 40.50 points to 1576.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which lost 1.96% or 14.05 points to trade at 704.00 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.17% or 11.50 points to end at 967.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 0.99% or 54.30 points to 5440.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.83% to 664.60, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.67% to settle at 2544.20 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.28% to close at 770.80.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.01% to 969.20 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 0.90% to settle at 5440.00 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.60% to 7426.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 921 to 760 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1758 rose and 1301 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.85% to 12.6225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.80 to $1808.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.37 to trade at $75.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 74.471, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 88.2180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.335.