Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Auto and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.71% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM), which rose 2.96% or 103.95 points to trade at 3619.40 at the close. ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) added 2.84% or 47.75 points to end at 1729.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 2.80% or 10.20 points to 374.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which lost 1.38% or 13.45 points to trade at 959.85 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 0.98% or 1.95 points to end at 196.50 and Indiabulls (NS:INBF) shed 0.91% or 9.70 points to 1053.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which rose 3.09% to 3625.95, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.98% to settle at 374.70 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.66% to close at 2427.25.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.02% to 1362.25 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.96% to settle at 185.10 and Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 0.88% to 275.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 814 to 764 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1387 rose and 1319 declined, while 172 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.08% to 10.5600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.07 to $1234.07 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.57% or 0.28 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.30 to trade at $52.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 64.097, while EUR/INR rose 0.77% to 70.8492.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 98.38.