Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 2.92% or 4.90 points to trade at 172.75 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 2.72% or 6.50 points to end at 245.70 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.31% or 10.65 points to 472.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 11.34% or 26.65 points to trade at 208.35 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 6.33% or 2.35 points to end at 34.80 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 3.87% or 6.55 points to 162.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 1.08% to 317.60, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.02% to settle at 797.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.98% to close at 185.30.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.05% to 547.75 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 2.44% to settle at 1144.15 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.92% to 6772.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1019 to 505 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1533 fell and 833 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.66% to 14.5100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.25% or 3.95 to $1590.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.51% or 0.79 to hit $51.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.05 to trade at $56.62 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 71.475, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 77.4325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.050.