Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 2.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 2.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 5.44% or 875.75 points to trade at 16,962.15 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 4.91% or 341.90 points to end at 7,306.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 4.56% or 48.25 points to 1,107.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which added 0.42% or 3.35 points to trade at 809.50 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) added 0.53% or 22.40 points to end at 4,232.55 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) gained 0.66% or 10.95 points to 1,675.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 5.47% to 16,966.70, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 4.86% to settle at 7,303.80 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 4.38% to close at 1,106.95.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 0.78% to 726.50 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 0.86% to settle at 4,244.60 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.03% to 19,839.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1364 to 454 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2274 rose and 1009 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 5.66% to 18.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.80 to $1,744.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.25% or 2.18 to hit $94.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.20% or 2.26 to trade at $100.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.59% to 79.53, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 79.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 108.47.