Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 2.33%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 2.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 7.27% or 42.55 points to trade at 627.95 at the close. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) added 4.98% or 22.15 points to end at 467.35 and Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) was up 4.92% or 1383.80 points to 29500.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 0.41% or 2.85 points to trade at 695.35 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 0.32% or 1.05 points to end at 326.10 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 0.21% or 1.80 points to 872.15.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 4.11% to 1553.55, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 3.91% to settle at 996.35 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 3.69% to close at 1385.55.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.74% to 795.00 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 0.41% to settle at 695.10 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.17% to 521.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 890 to 793 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1479 rose and 1372 declined, while 199 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.80% to 20.4850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.11% or 19.10 to $1695.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.33% or 0.82 to hit $60.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.69 to trade at $64.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.91% to 73.410, while EUR/INR rose 0.70% to 86.1610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.172.