Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 4.69% or 12.20 points to trade at 272.45 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) added 4.38% or 16.90 points to end at 402.75 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) was up 2.27% or 8.70 points to 391.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 2.43% or 14.05 points to trade at 564.80 in late trade. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) declined 2.15% or 7.05 points to end at 320.85 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) shed 2.07% or 29.85 points to 1414.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 5.21% to 273.75, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 4.67% to settle at 187.15 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 4.55% to close at 402.25.
The worst performers were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 2.06% to 321.10 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.92% to settle at 1415.35 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was down 1.43% to 1448.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 884 to 595 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1657 rose and 1130 declined, while 127 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.02% to 14.9925.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.45 to $1311.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.22 to trade at $50.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 66.505, while EUR/INR fell 0.43% to 74.2800.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.11.