Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 2.26% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which rose 8.35% or 13.40 points to trade at 173.90 at the close. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 1.83% or 5.00 points to end at 278.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.77% or 37.20 points to 2138.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which lost 9.28% or 47.10 points to trade at 460.20 in late trade. Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) declined 8.90% or 29.25 points to end at 299.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 8.45% or 100.70 points to 1091.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 1.91% to 278.10, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 1.52% to settle at 3310.20 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.51% to close at 448.05.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 9.88% to 457.25 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 7.80% to settle at 393.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 7.41% to 892.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1409 to 109 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2311 fell and 335 advanced, while 112 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 16.01% to 20.1450 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.15 to $1226.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.70% or 1.17 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.34% or 1.04 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 67.641, while EUR/INR rose 0.34% to 73.0180.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 99.72.