Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH), which rose 4.56% or 881.75 points to trade at 20200.00 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 4.22% or 9.50 points to end at 234.50 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) was up 3.31% or 12.60 points to 392.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 0.96% or 4.10 points to trade at 424.40 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 0.56% or 4.55 points to end at 810.30 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 0.08% or 0.80 points to 1059.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 4.02% to 234.10, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 3.23% to settle at 392.75 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which gained 2.87% to close at 266.80.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 0.95% to 424.00 in late trade, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which gained 0.06% to settle at 160.05 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 0.22% to 3011.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1080 to 390 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1678 rose and 840 declined, while 167 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 9.16% to 15.0825.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.97% or 11.05 to $1144.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.38% to 68.020, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 71.0761.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 103.00.