Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 3.10% or 33.05 points to trade at 1,098.70 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 2.48% or 19.40 points to end at 800.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 2.11% or 24.20 points to 1,173.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 3.05% or 83.10 points to trade at 2,638.25 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.22% or 19.20 points to end at 844.20 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 2.20% or 2.20 points to 97.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.81% to 204.90, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.32% to settle at 1,164.40 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.29% to close at 4,185.70.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.25% to 97.60 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which lost 1.79% to settle at 2,606.95 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.52% to 1,801.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1058 to 764 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1797 rose and 1467 declined, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.48% to 21.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 10.95 to $1,644.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.56% or 1.20 to hit $77.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.39 to trade at $84.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 81.56, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 78.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 113.52.