Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.51%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 3.12% or 20.75 points to trade at 685.10 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 2.76% or 11.90 points to end at 444.45 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.75% or 21.55 points to 804.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 4.77% or 11.00 points to trade at 219.95 in late trade. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) declined 3.62% or 10.40 points to end at 275.85 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 4.13% or 11.45 points to 266.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 2.48% to 659.75, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.00% to settle at 1585.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 1.90% to close at 273.15.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.50% to 1363.50 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 3.47% to settle at 277.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 2.84% to 1057.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 976 to 609 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1434 rose and 1030 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.42% to 20.5025.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.83% or 10.20 to $1222.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.60% or 0.40 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.51 to trade at $76.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 73.715, while EUR/INR rose 0.29% to 83.7155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.60.