Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.36%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 4.80% or 19.10 points to trade at 418.95 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 3.09% or 10.45 points to end at 346.50 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.99% or 19.15 points to 982.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which lost 3.65% or 7.25 points to trade at 191.50 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.26% or 15.40 points to end at 456.55 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) shed 3.09% or 22.55 points to 708.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 4.95% to 418.05, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.92% to settle at 1291.60 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 1.07% to close at 2616.65.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 3.50% to 191.45 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 3.13% to settle at 456.80 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.08% to 708.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1110 to 479 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1560 fell and 908 advanced, while 162 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.90% to 17.9850.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.95 to $1283.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.57% or 0.85 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.63% or 1.02 to trade at $61.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 71.362, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 81.0995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 95.990.