Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.06%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 2.93% or 31.15 points to trade at 1093.60 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 2.00% or 5.65 points to end at 287.55 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) was up 1.65% or 3.15 points to 194.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA), which lost 4.96% or 4.85 points to trade at 92.85 in late trade. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) declined 4.55% or 124.35 points to end at 2610.00 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (NS:AXBK) shed 2.75% or 13.85 points to 489.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 1.97% to 287.65, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.60% to settle at 193.70 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.12% to close at 1032.00.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 4.36% to 2622.80 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 3.28% to settle at 488.00 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 1.41% to 370.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 964 to 539 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1658 fell and 1060 advanced, while 178 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.62% to 11.9425.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.55 to $1232.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.41 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 65.240, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 70.5157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 99.68.