India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.20%

  • Investing.com
  • Stock Market News
India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.20%

Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare , Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.20% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS: ARBN ), which rose 13.25% or 67.90 points to trade at 580.30 at the close. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS: APSE ) added 3.83% or 12.55 points to end at 340.35 and NTPC Limited (NS: NTPC ) was up 3.04% or 4.75 points to 161.25 in late trade.

Biggest losers included POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS: PGRD ), which lost 2.39% or 5.00 points to trade at 204.10 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS: BPCL ) declined 2.13% or 16.10 points to end at 738.75 and Bharti Infratel Limited (NS: BHRI ) shed 1.87% or 7.10 points to 372.25.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO: APSE ) which rose 3.43% to 339.55, NTPC Limited (BO: NTPC ) which was up 3.17% to settle at 161.30 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO: REDY ) which gained 2.33% to close at 2481.40.

The worst performers were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO: PGRD ) which was down 2.16% to 203.95 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO: ITC ) which lost 1.77% to settle at 310.40 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO: HDFC ) which was down 1.18% to 1580.00 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 856 to 705 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1425 fell and 1196 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.19% to 11.7650.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.33 to $1263.77 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $49.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.51 to trade at $52.13 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.20% to 64.632, while EUR/INR rose 0.10% to 72.1376.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.38.

Add Chart to Comment

Comment Guidelines

We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind: 

  • Enrich the conversation
  • Stay focused and on track. Only post material that’s relevant to the topic being discussed.
  • Be respectful. Even negative opinions can be framed positively and diplomatically.
  •  Use standard writing style. Include punctuation and upper and lower cases.
  • NOTE: Spam and/or promotional messages and links within a comment will be removed
  • Avoid profanity, slander or personal attacks directed at an author or another user.
  • Don’t Monopolize the Conversation. We appreciate passion and conviction, but we also believe strongly in giving everyone a chance to air their thoughts. Therefore, in addition to civil interaction, we expect commenters to offer their opinions succinctly and thoughtfully, but not so repeatedly that others are annoyed or offended. If we receive complaints about individuals who take over a thread or forum, we reserve the right to ban them from the site, without recourse.
  • Only English comments will be allowed.

Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.

Drop an image here or Supported formats: *.jpg, *.png, *.gif up to 5mb

Error: File type not supported

Drop an image here or

100
Please try another search