India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.88%

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India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 1.88%

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Consumer Durables and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.88%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.81%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS: TITN ), which rose 5.93% or 116.40 points to trade at 2,078.10 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS: HALC ) added 5.52% or 17.75 points to end at 339.25 and Coal India Ltd (NS: COAL ) was up 4.50% or 7.95 points to 184.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS: NEST ), which lost 0.10% or 17.10 points to trade at 16,950.00 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS: APLH ) declined 0.09% or 3.50 points to end at 3,808.20 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS: KTKM ) gained 0.14% or 2.30 points to 1,681.50.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO: TITN ) which rose 5.92% to 2,078.45, State Bank Of India (BO: SBI ) which was up 3.79% to settle at 450.70 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO: TCS ) which gained 3.17% to close at 3,212.00.

The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO: NEST ) which was down 0.26% to 16,920.05 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO: KTKM ) which gained 0.14% to settle at 1,681.45 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO: BJFS ) which was up 0.19% to 11,735.10 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1576 to 282 and 21 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2403 rose and 815 declined, while 127 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 5.67% to 21.14.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 4.35 to $1,836.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.07% or 2.23 to hit $110.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.59 to trade at $115.72 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.14% to 78.07, while EUR/INR rose 0.69% to 82.43.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.92.

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