Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto, Power and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 1.74% or 13.20 points to trade at 771.00 at the close. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 1.26% or 4.00 points to end at 321.95 and Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) was up 1.13% or 252.25 points to 22501.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which lost 2.58% or 10.25 points to trade at 386.55 in late trade. POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD) declined 2.51% or 4.15 points to end at 161.25 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) shed 2.29% or 6.95 points to 296.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 1.35% to 321.75, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was up 0.98% to settle at 139.40 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which gained 0.88% to close at 334.10.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 2.45% to 386.90 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.16% to settle at 365.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 1.87% to 123.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 816 to 625 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 934 fell and 682 advanced, while 46 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.38% to 15.3625.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.68% or 9.05 to $1348.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.27% or 1.11 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 0.94 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 67.486, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 75.3000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.60.