Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 7.75% or 8.60 points to trade at 119.55 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 7.38% or 17.25 points to end at 251.10 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 6.91% or 10.35 points to 160.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 3.58% or 99.95 points to trade at 2692.25 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 1.11% or 0.35 points to end at 31.20 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) shed 0.64% or 1.25 points to 194.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 6.64% to 393.35, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 6.43% to settle at 387.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 4.71% to close at 93.30.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 3.64% to 2695.80 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 0.87% to settle at 193.85 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 0.07% to 1181.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 852 to 660 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1174 rose and 1110 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.62% to 24.5425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.34% or 5.35 to $1600.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.38% or 1.58 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.81% or 1.46 to trade at $53.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 73.160, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 81.3390.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.517.