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 0.45% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 8.48% or 78.15 points to trade at 999.55 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 5.63% or 11.05 points to end at 207.60 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was up 5.27% or 63.10 points to 1258.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which lost 1.85% or 24.80 points to trade at 1312.25 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.81% or 57.20 points to end at 3108.25 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 1.54% or 42.45 points to 2713.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 3.36% to 1322.55, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 2.30% to settle at 1466.70 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.17% to close at 216.15.
The worst performers were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 1.97% to 3101.45 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 1.71% to settle at 1313.35 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 1.42% to 2650.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1329 to 286 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1902 rose and 654 declined, while 128 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.13% to 12.4675.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1226.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.20 to trade at $73.26 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.06% to 68.905, while EUR/INR rose 0.24% to 80.6810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.29.