Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Power and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.63%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 10.81% or 58.15 points to trade at 596.20 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 9.00% or 26.40 points to end at 319.70 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 5.69% or 4.15 points to 77.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which lost 9.78% or 36.75 points to trade at 339.05 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 2.65% or 2.45 points to end at 90.05 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 2.20% or 31.65 points to 1409.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 10.75% to 596.00, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 5.62% to settle at 77.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 4.04% to close at 3442.00.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.39% to 367.85 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 2.26% to settle at 1408.15 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 2.09% to 796.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 810 to 677 and 95 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1193 fell and 978 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.57% to 39.4525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 3.05 to $1737.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.28% or 0.09 to hit $31.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.03 to trade at $34.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 75.630, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 82.9510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 99.302.