Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto, IT and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Metals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.37% or 13.75 points to trade at 422.15 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 3.21% or 270.15 points to end at 8,687.25 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was up 1.78% or 64.40 points to 3,687.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 2.43% or 22.70 points to trade at 910.00 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 2.05% or 10.15 points to end at 484.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) shed 2.02% or 87.60 points to 4,250.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.27% to 8,698.60, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.47% to settle at 1,137.65 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 1.35% to close at 1,695.30.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 2.50% to 910.05 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 2.00% to settle at 4,251.80 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.76% to 221.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1188 to 701 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1894 fell and 1484 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.29% to 13.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 10.05 to $1,938.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $81.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $88.11 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 81.62, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 88.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 101.85.