Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.76% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which rose 5.94% or 177.10 points to trade at 3159.05 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 1.54% or 112.35 points to end at 7424.70 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 1.09% or 26.25 points to 2434.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 3.51% or 13.95 points to trade at 383.00 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 3.38% or 34.30 points to end at 981.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 2.61% or 33.05 points to 1233.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 6.04% to 3159.20, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 1.52% to settle at 7423.20 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 0.97% to close at 2433.90.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.32% to 982.10 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.65% to settle at 1232.70 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.39% to 118.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1323 to 368 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2010 fell and 1082 advanced, while 97 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.14% to 13.2050.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.46% or 8.40 to $1817.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $68.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.30% to 74.624, while EUR/INR fell 0.40% to 87.9585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 92.927.