Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.45% to hit a new 6-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 5.36% or 125.45 points to trade at 2454.15 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) added 4.21% or 12.80 points to end at 318.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 4.58% or 18.95 points to 432.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 13.19% or 28.00 points to trade at 184.35 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 7.87% or 64.05 points to end at 749.50 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 4.74% or 1049.05 points to 21085.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which rose 4.52% to 318.00, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 2.59% to settle at 1713.45 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.44% to close at 211.90.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 13.40% to 184.25 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 12.34% to settle at 101.20 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.95% to 1202.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1015 to 598 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1536 fell and 988 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.95% to 19.7550.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1190.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.87% or 0.65 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.98 to trade at $84.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.62% to 74.335, while EUR/INR fell 0.07% to 85.0505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.73.