Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 4.43% or 65.55 points to trade at 1544.70 at the close. Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) added 3.99% or 4.00 points to end at 104.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 3.36% or 28.90 points to 887.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 2.97% or 21.85 points to trade at 713.20 in late trade. Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) declined 2.82% or 8.35 points to end at 287.55 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) shed 1.90% or 8.55 points to 440.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 3.25% to 887.75, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was up 2.59% to settle at 368.35 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which gained 1.61% to close at 496.85.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.84% to 440.35 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.34% to settle at 2461.80 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 1.30% to 118.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 966 to 481 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1027 rose and 565 declined, while 60 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 4.34% to 17.7250.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.04% or 13.80 to $1310.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.57% or 1.19 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.39% or 1.14 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 67.910, while EUR/INR rose 0.59% to 75.3160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 96.09.