Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.34%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 2.78% or 26.05 points to trade at 963.00 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.54% or 101.70 points to end at 4,102.75 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 1.81% or 5.20 points to 293.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 1.69% or 76.00 points to trade at 4,420.10 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 1.33% or 88.25 points to end at 6,555.00 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 1.26% or 9.55 points to 749.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.56% to 4,102.80, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.78% to settle at 1,492.90 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 1.65% to close at 292.50.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.29% to 6,555.15 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 1.23% to settle at 749.70 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 0.77% to 1,601.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1408 to 751 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2221 fell and 1478 advanced, while 91 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.82% to 15.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.31% or 6.25 to $2,045.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $77.54 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $81.56 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 82.89, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 89.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 103.71.