Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM), which rose 3.12% or 698.05 points to trade at 23040.00 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 2.66% or 151.30 points to end at 5830.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 2.59% or 8.90 points to 352.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 2.50% or 9.60 points to trade at 373.75 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.94% or 3.45 points to end at 174.80 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.89% or 9.10 points to 472.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 2.63% to 17160.00, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.61% to settle at 5830.00 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.42% to close at 351.45.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.08% to 174.55 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.70% to settle at 473.60 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.32% to 194.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 948 to 673 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1400 fell and 1198 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.72% to 29.1175.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.10 to $1783.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.41% or 0.56 to hit $39.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.47 to trade at $41.38 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 75.572, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 84.7465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.653.