Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.62%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which rose 3.75% or 17.60 points to trade at 487.00 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) added 3.50% or 15.90 points to end at 470.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.87% or 17.55 points to 629.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which lost 2.81% or 97.45 points to trade at 3364.90 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.58% or 4.70 points to end at 177.25 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 2.38% or 10.75 points to 441.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.48% to 470.35, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was up 2.35% to settle at 288.00 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.86% to close at 462.65.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.34% to 423.00 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 0.79% to settle at 420.65 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 0.71% to 1492.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 756 to 719 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1279 fell and 1256 advanced, while 185 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.67% to 15.9225.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.54% or 6.25 to $1159.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.25 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 67.544, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 71.6560.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 101.17.