Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which rose 5.43% or 28.20 points to trade at 546.15 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 3.91% or 8.65 points to end at 230.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 2.80% or 7.85 points to 288.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which lost 2.45% or 136.30 points to trade at 5412.90 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 2.02% or 76.70 points to end at 3718.30 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) shed 1.62% or 21.85 points to 1324.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 5.43% to 546.00, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 2.78% to settle at 288.25 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which gained 2.75% to close at 386.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 1.51% to 199.00 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.37% to settle at 353.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.02% to 778.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 870 to 731 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1403 fell and 1211 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.49% to 14.4975.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1338.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.36% or 0.86 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.96 to trade at $69.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 65.015, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 80.1164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.52.