Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.66% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.85% or 45.05 points to trade at 1216.70 at the close. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) added 1.83% or 7.00 points to end at 390.40 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) was up 1.57% or 5.55 points to 359.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which lost 3.73% or 6.00 points to trade at 154.85 in late trade. ACC Ltd (NS:ACC) declined 3.73% or 61.10 points to end at 1578.55 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 3.52% or 17.95 points to 491.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 1.61% to 359.90, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.61% to settle at 371.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.23% to close at 159.95.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.27% to 279.40 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.34% to settle at 492.80 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.80% to 926.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1203 to 351 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1857 fell and 701 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.22% to 12.5075 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.50% or 6.20 to $1252.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.46 to hit $43.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.58 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 64.505, while EUR/INR rose 0.75% to 72.5940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.66.