Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, IT and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 5.59% or 190.70 points to trade at 3603.10 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 5.51% or 20.20 points to end at 386.40 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 5.73% or 8.25 points to 151.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which lost 12.25% or 153.45 points to trade at 1098.95 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 3.55% or 23.50 points to end at 640.05 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 2.45% or 3.70 points to 147.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 5.52% to 3603.35, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 5.28% to settle at 386.50 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which gained 3.14% to close at 2455.00.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.05% to 2131.45 in late trade, Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which lost 1.88% to settle at 91.35 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.65% to 1021.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 788 to 776 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1214 fell and 1138 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.19% to 13.6875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.61% or 8.55 to $1391.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.69% or 0.40 to hit $58.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.50 to trade at $64.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 68.595, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 76.8680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.105.