Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.34%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 7.40% or 38.20 points to trade at 554.15 at the close. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) added 5.92% or 15.30 points to end at 273.55 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 5.67% or 8.30 points to 154.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI), which lost 4.38% or 16.050 points to trade at 350.050 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 2.68% or 21.85 points to end at 792.35 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 2.23% or 17.85 points to 782.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 7.14% to 553.55, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was up 5.47% to settle at 154.20 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which gained 2.11% to close at 169.50.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.35% to 782.95 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.62% to settle at 506.90 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.50% to 2691.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 942 to 538 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1023 fell and 606 advanced, while 53 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.00% to 14.1825.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.74% or 9.95 to $1357.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $45.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.23 to trade at $48.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 66.745, while EUR/INR rose 0.65% to 75.2780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 94.76.