Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 5.49% or 17.15 points to trade at 329.80 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 4.07% or 7.95 points to end at 203.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 3.85% or 26.15 points to 706.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 0.81% or 59.70 points to trade at 7355.15 in late trade. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) declined 0.09% or 0.35 points to end at 372.75 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 0.04% or 0.10 points to 279.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 3.86% to 202.95, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 3.66% to settle at 726.55 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 3.03% to close at 198.90.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 0.72% to 7349.55 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 0.23% to settle at 372.55 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.03% to 192.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1022 to 539 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1502 rose and 974 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.56% to 15.5825.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.55 to $1288.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.45 to trade at $59.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.38% to 71.055, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 81.2080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.488.