Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.79%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 7.39% or 35.25 points to trade at 514.05 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 5.49% or 4.45 points to end at 85.35 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 3.64% or 114.90 points to 3272.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 5.85% or 19.35 points to trade at 312.45 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.19% or 16.55 points to end at 500.15 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 1.72% or 3.45 points to 198.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 5.30% to 85.40, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 3.97% to settle at 671.00 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 3.41% to close at 3268.40.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.52% to 198.10 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.47% to settle at 2215.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.31% to 1128.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1148 to 423 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1584 rose and 772 declined, while 112 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.80% to 16.1200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.35 to $1476.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $54.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $59.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 70.826, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 79.3290.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.303.