Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.88% or 16.00 points to trade at 572.15 at the close. Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) added 2.36% or 2.45 points to end at 106.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was up 2.18% or 5.75 points to 269.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which lost 2.91% or 26.80 points to trade at 895.15 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.10% or 23.75 points to end at 1107.15 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) shed 1.80% or 21.15 points to 1153.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which rose 2.11% to 269.15, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 1.27% to settle at 370.25 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.15% to close at 2461.55.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.75% to 895.15 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.06% to settle at 564.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.03% to 1218.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 836 to 624 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 929 fell and 673 advanced, while 50 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.20% to 15.7950.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.24% or 3.15 to $1332.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.17 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.20 to trade at $46.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 67.147, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 74.2520.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 96.77.