Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 1.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 5.83% or 251.15 points to trade at 4,559.35 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 5.40% or 56.00 points to end at 1,092.30 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was up 4.24% or 37.10 points to 911.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which lost 0.94% or 221.00 points to trade at 23,180.10 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 0.81% or 14.15 points to end at 1,735.20 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) shed 0.76% or 142.90 points to 18,622.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.71% to 915.75, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.12% to settle at 1,264.20 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.88% to close at 4,217.10.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.64% to 18,645.55 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 0.19% to settle at 232.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.14% to 1,388.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1182 to 659 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1994 rose and 1333 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.73% to 18.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.85 to $1,676.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $85.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $91.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 79.71, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 79.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 109.56.