Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.00% or 17.30 points to trade at 450.25 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 3.20% or 3.70 points to end at 119.20 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 3.14% or 24.35 points to 800.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 4.11% or 145.70 points to trade at 3,398.00 in late trade. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) declined 2.11% or 9.95 points to end at 461.40 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) shed 1.55% or 20.35 points to 1,296.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.25% to 119.20, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.45% to settle at 200.65 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which gained 2.12% to close at 8,394.15.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 4.01% to 3,400.10 in late trade, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which lost 1.85% to settle at 462.20 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was down 1.67% to 2,561.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 989 to 976 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1744 fell and 1673 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 12.10% to 10.24 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 5.95 to $1,956.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.25% or 0.20 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.16 to trade at $82.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 81.88, while EUR/INR fell 0.09% to 90.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.26.