Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 6.26% or 13.30 points to trade at 225.75 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.98% or 4.90 points to end at 103.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 3.79% or 25.50 points to 697.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which lost 2.34% or 15.80 points to trade at 658.15 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 2.20% or 17.45 points to end at 776.55 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 1.63% or 45.05 points to 2725.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 6.24% to 225.45, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 5.18% to settle at 103.50 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 2.89% to close at 98.00.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.37% to 775.65 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 2.31% to settle at 658.45 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 1.64% to 17198.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 938 to 683 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1563 fell and 1312 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 1.42% to 21.7800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.11% or 2.05 to $1825.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $59.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.16 to trade at $63.14 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 72.680, while EUR/INR rose 0.39% to 88.4155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 90.123.