Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 2.63% or 29.95 points to trade at 1,168.95 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 1.82% or 3.00 points to end at 167.40 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 1.74% or 12.15 points to 708.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 1.08% or 3.35 points to trade at 306.95 in late trade. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) declined 0.75% or 148.05 points to end at 19,613.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 0.57% or 1.25 points to 217.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 2.64% to 1,169.55, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.55% to settle at 167.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.31% to close at 1,587.75.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.76% to 19,607.35 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 0.53% to settle at 846.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.43% to 218.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1010 to 858 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1788 fell and 1526 advanced, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.45% to 13.84 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 8.75 to $1,748.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.38 to hit $80.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.39 to trade at $87.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 81.64, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 83.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 107.30.