Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 4.81% or 9.20 points to trade at 200.35 at the close. NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) added 2.36% or 2.95 points to end at 127.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 1.35% or 11.10 points to 834.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which lost 6.82% or 11.45 points to trade at 156.40 in late trade. Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) declined 6.10% or 8.50 points to end at 130.85 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 5.56% or 21.35 points to 362.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.12% to 127.60, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 0.16% to settle at 2860.35 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.13% to close at 526.60.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 6.49% to 156.40 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 4.88% to settle at 301.00 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.81% to 71.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1196 to 223 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 658 fell and 138 advanced, while 21 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.97% to 23.0400.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 2.16% or 26.80 to $1212.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.65% or 0.48 to hit $29.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.29% or 0.77 to trade at $34.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 68.395, while EUR/INR rose 0.57% to 76.4410.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.49.