Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the IT, Technology and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD), which rose 1.96% or 4.05 points to trade at 210.25 at the close. Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) added 1.68% or 19.50 points to end at 1179.70 and NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) was up 1.30% or 2.05 points to 160.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 2.13% or 18.40 points to trade at 847.15 in late trade. Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) declined 1.78% or 5.05 points to end at 278.10 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.59% or 4.18 points to 259.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.94% to 210.00, Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was up 1.73% to settle at 1177.40 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which gained 1.52% to close at 1668.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.51% to 449.60 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.47% to settle at 2453.40 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.44% to 259.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 794 to 766 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1300 fell and 1286 advanced, while 194 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.72% to 11.3400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.91 to $1263.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.23 to trade at $48.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 64.395, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 72.1580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.05.