Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Capital Goods and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which rose 2.52% or 9.15 points to trade at 372.45 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 2.50% or 91.00 points to end at 3729.95 and Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) was up 1.90% or 2.00 points to 107.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which lost 6.26% or 93.55 points to trade at 1401.55 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 3.95% or 20.70 points to end at 503.50 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) shed 3.11% or 94.35 points to 2941.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 2.63% to 372.80, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.55% to settle at 3730.85 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.55% to close at 429.35.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 3.83% to 504.35 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 2.98% to settle at 2945.15 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.88% to 347.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 871 to 552 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 513 fell and 299 advanced, while 32 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.87% to 17.6375.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.40 to $1219.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.57% or 0.62 to hit $38.77 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 0.73 to trade at $40.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 66.490, while EUR/INR fell 0.45% to 74.4660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.97.