Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 1.95% or 3.55 points to trade at 185.30 at the close. Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) added 1.60% or 2.25 points to end at 143.20 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) was up 1.26% or 3.75 points to 300.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which lost 7.83% or 146.30 points to trade at 1722.90 in late trade. Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) declined 4.09% or 47.35 points to end at 1111.35 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 3.55% or 14.20 points to 386.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 1.84% to 185.25, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 1.18% to settle at 299.80 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.81% to close at 343.65.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 3.63% to 1114.10 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 2.96% to settle at 3138.65 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.48% to 524.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 959 to 454 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 538 fell and 274 advanced, while 31 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.89% to 17.5975.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.86% or 10.70 to $1234.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.64% or 0.98 to hit $36.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.04 to trade at $38.49 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.40% to 67.406, while EUR/INR rose 0.23% to 74.7070.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.83.