Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Banking and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which rose 2.16% or 7.350 points to trade at 348.000 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.02% or 2.45 points to end at 123.50 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.73% or 3.70 points to 217.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Power Co. Ltd (NS:TTPW), which lost 2.33% or 1.75 points to trade at 73.30 in late trade. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) declined 2.30% or 17.00 points to end at 721.30 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 1.72% or 3.55 points to 203.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 1.78% to 123.25, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.68% to settle at 217.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 0.92% to close at 1363.20.
The worst performers were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 2.33% to 73.40 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 2.03% to settle at 125.50 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 1.69% to 121.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 746 to 680 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 826 fell and 763 advanced, while 60 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.47% to 17.2600.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.85 to $1282.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.47 to hit $49.49 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.51 to trade at $50.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 67.540, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 76.5780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 93.53.