Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto, Power and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.16%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which rose 3.89% or 32.35 points to trade at 867.60 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 4.50% or 7.10 points to end at 163.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 3.20% or 12.70 points to 409.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 3.55% or 260.25 points to trade at 7048.90 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 3.08% or 7.35 points to end at 232.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 1.96% or 33.10 points to 1651.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 3.93% to 163.95, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 3.08% to settle at 468.50 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.47% to close at 3035.50.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.60% to 7042.65 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 2.33% to settle at 232.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.18% to 1654.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 936 to 643 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1352 fell and 1088 advanced, while 142 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.47% to 24.6450 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1274.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.44 to hit $65.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 69.767, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 78.4915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.018.