Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.80% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 5.66% or 11.25 points to trade at 210.15 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) added 4.35% or 10.60 points to end at 254.10 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 3.58% or 3.80 points to 110.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 1.81% or 18.00 points to trade at 976.25 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 1.06% or 11.85 points to end at 1109.90 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 0.99% or 7.75 points to 771.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 5.40% to 209.80, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 4.31% to settle at 253.85 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 3.29% to close at 109.85.
The worst performers were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 0.94% to 73.55 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.78% to settle at 1257.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.13% to 954.65 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 865 to 561 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 945 rose and 633 declined, while 63 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.16% to 14.8700 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.25 to $1244.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $49.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.26 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.07% to 66.746, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 75.8670.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 93.82.