Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.27% to hit a new 6-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.15% or 3.20 points to trade at 152.10 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) added 1.60% or 10.75 points to end at 682.05 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) was up 1.49% or 54.30 points to 3,706.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which lost 5.14% or 199.50 points to trade at 3,681.75 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 2.46% or 21.25 points to end at 844.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 2.26% or 3.60 points to 155.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 1.63% to 682.15, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.61% to settle at 151.25 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 1.42% to close at 5,432.15.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.12% to 845.85 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.08% to settle at 1,030.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.33% to 2,627.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1008 to 802 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1715 fell and 1487 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.14% to 21.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 8.65 to $1,823.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.77% or 0.93 to hit $121.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 1.04 to trade at $123.31 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.22% to 78.01, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 81.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.92.