Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.19% or 5.35 points to trade at 173.25 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) added 1.11% or 49.55 points to end at 4,503.35 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 0.98% or 1.10 points to 113.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 3.11% or 50.35 points to trade at 1,571.10 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 2.35% or 108.55 points to end at 4,502.05 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 1.72% or 3.75 points to 214.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.22% to 173.20, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 0.93% to settle at 217.70 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 0.79% to close at 2,434.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.40% to 971.40 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.12% to settle at 7,343.60 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.05% to 3,449.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1139 to 752 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1916 fell and 1414 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.67% to 14.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.42% or 7.75 to $1,842.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.91% or 0.70 to hit $77.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.27 to trade at $83.80 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.14% to 82.81, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 88.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 103.93.