Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which rose 1.79% or 4.15 points to trade at 236.00 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 1.72% or 16.55 points to end at 979.60 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 1.31% or 32.35 points to 2492.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC), which lost 2.44% or 2.70 points to trade at 108.15 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 2.13% or 2.60 points to end at 119.75 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 2.11% or 8.05 points to 374.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.75% to 235.85, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.36% to settle at 2493.55 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.25% to close at 117.60.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.54% to 1705.80 in late trade, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 1.52% to settle at 640.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 1.47% to 1088.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 894 to 785 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1575 rose and 1510 declined, while 107 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.98% to 13.0025 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.63% or 11.30 to $1769.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.46 to hit $72.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.29 to trade at $73.85 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 74.257, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 88.3805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 92.040.