Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.77%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 4.69% or 859.95 points to trade at 19199.10 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 4.03% or 5.95 points to end at 153.50 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.17% or 7.70 points to 250.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 2.83% or 11.15 points to trade at 383.65 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.18% or 17.10 points to end at 768.30 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 1.27% or 3.30 points to 256.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.79% to 153.45, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.83% to settle at 584.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.63% to close at 138.75.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.53% to 383.55 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.27% to settle at 767.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.67% to 126.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 866 to 690 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1304 fell and 1052 advanced, while 173 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.33% to 16.8500.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 3.05 to $1500.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.53% or 0.82 to hit $52.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.78 to trade at $58.57 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 71.545, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 78.8000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 98.172.