Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 3.72% or 28.65 points to trade at 798.20 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 3.48% or 3.95 points to end at 117.60 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 2.79% or 156.85 points to 5784.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 2.31% or 16.40 points to trade at 694.50 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 2.20% or 24.75 points to end at 1100.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 1.91% or 12.65 points to 650.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 3.52% to 117.65, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.93% to settle at 5786.10 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.97% to close at 432.60.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.80% to 650.25 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.63% to settle at 6600.75 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.51% to 2933.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1110 to 574 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1760 fell and 1243 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.98% to 17.3875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.90 to $1907.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.71% or 1.80 to hit $68.12 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.06% or 1.43 to trade at $70.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.57% to 72.921, while EUR/INR rose 0.55% to 89.1355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 89.855.