Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 1.01% or 212.85 points to trade at 21259.20 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 1.09% or 4.90 points to end at 453.05 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) was up 1.26% or 49.65 points to 3986.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 10.40% or 5.85 points to trade at 50.55 in late trade. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) declined 5.10% or 14.50 points to end at 270.95 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 4.39% or 5.10 points to 111.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 1.06% to 3987.35, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 1.05% to settle at 2031.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 0.55% to close at 1249.75.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 10.05% to 50.55 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 2.58% to settle at 182.85 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.55% to 1413.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1172 to 403 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1644 fell and 772 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.11% to 14.2900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 4.15 to $1469.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $64.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 70.900, while EUR/INR fell 0.02% to 78.4810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.550.