Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Power and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.89%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which rose 3.73% or 79.70 points to trade at 2,216.90 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 2.64% or 68.55 points to end at 2,665.65 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) was up 1.73% or 44.80 points to 2,639.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which lost 1.58% or 9.55 points to trade at 593.45 in late trade. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) declined 0.72% or 9.90 points to end at 1,374.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 0.63% or 7.75 points to 1,231.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 3.51% to 2,213.15, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.67% to settle at 2,666.40 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.77% to close at 2,640.65.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.67% to 592.95 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 0.81% to settle at 1,373.05 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 0.74% to 1,230.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1063 to 833 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1749 fell and 1627 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.88% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 14.35 to $1,907.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $80.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.70 to trade at $85.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.20% to 81.79, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 88.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.22.