Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 3.17% or 213.20 points to trade at 6933.05 at the close. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) added 3.01% or 812.40 points to end at 27800.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was up 2.62% or 39.25 points to 1534.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 8.44% or 29.20 points to trade at 316.90 in late trade. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 2.34% or 25.10 points to end at 1049.55 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) shed 1.77% or 58.70 points to 3262.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 3.22% to 6935.30, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 2.63% to settle at 1534.35 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.17% to close at 6203.45.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.30% to 1050.05 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.78% to settle at 3262.35 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.13% to 7511.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 996 to 701 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1609 fell and 1503 advanced, while 110 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.72% to 12.2750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.41% or 25.15 to $1808.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.74% or 1.31 to hit $76.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.26 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 74.517, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 88.2695.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.320.