Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.55%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which rose 2.64% or 177.15 points to trade at 6878.85 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 1.95% or 25.50 points to end at 1331.75 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 1.43% or 388.15 points to 27598.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which lost 6.43% or 22.80 points to trade at 331.65 in late trade. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) declined 5.82% or 33.45 points to end at 541.70 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) shed 5.31% or 29.90 points to 533.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 2.70% to 6880.30, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.71% to settle at 1329.35 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.15% to close at 526.70.
The worst performers were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which was down 6.19% to 332.05 in late trade, Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 4.89% to settle at 533.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 4.33% to 612.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1317 to 240 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2068 fell and 583 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.93% to 12.2025 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 1.84 to $1259.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.34 to hit $50.79 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.39 to trade at $53.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.44% to 64.791, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 72.8458.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.82.