Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.96% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 4.75% or 17.00 points to trade at 375.25 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) added 3.56% or 17.75 points to end at 516.40 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) was up 3.46% or 14.60 points to 436.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which lost 1.10% or 0.95 points to trade at 85.20 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 0.74% or 4.10 points to end at 552.95 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 0.73% or 4.55 points to 622.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 3.40% to 515.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 3.40% to settle at 1307.50 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 3.18% to close at 354.15.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.76% to 2311.30 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 0.58% to settle at 552.85 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 0.39% to 411.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 824 to 741 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1413 rose and 1410 declined, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.04% to 11.1550 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.43% or 5.44 to $1272.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $49.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $52.29 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 64.305, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 69.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.97.