Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.83%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which rose 3.18% or 8.20 points to trade at 267.05 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 3.03% or 11.55 points to end at 393.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) was up 2.61% or 33.00 points to 1295.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 2.05% or 2.30 points to trade at 110.05 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 1.28% or 3.50 points to end at 269.80 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 1.03% or 14.15 points to 1363.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 2.63% to 1295.80, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.51% to settle at 138.90 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 2.49% to close at 781.85.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 1.70% to 110.05 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 0.96% to settle at 1363.20 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.73% to 1450.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 818 to 760 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1231 fell and 1199 advanced, while 152 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.40% to 15.0100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.10% or 15.55 to $1433.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.54% or 0.31 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.43 to trade at $63.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 69.361, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 78.9990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.502.