Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 3.25% or 205.25 points to trade at 6,513.00 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 1.99% or 11.50 points to end at 588.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 1.89% or 20.55 points to 1,107.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which lost 1.78% or 66.60 points to trade at 3,682.30 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) declined 1.59% or 73.10 points to end at 4,522.00 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 1.52% or 6.80 points to 440.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 1.81% to 1,106.55, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.35% to settle at 1,497.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 1.00% to close at 1,706.60.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.70% to 3,684.00 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 1.38% to settle at 2,930.05 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.24% to 2,858.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1331 to 841 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2166 fell and 1541 advanced, while 95 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.20% to 11.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 25.15 to $2,376.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.30% or 0.26 to hit $86.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.32 to trade at $90.70 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.22, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 90.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.81.