Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the IT, Banking and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 4.18% or 25.35 points to trade at 632.10 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 2.88% or 14.35 points to end at 512.75 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was up 2.58% or 11.70 points to 465.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 3.82% or 19.65 points to trade at 494.80 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 1.38% or 7.20 points to end at 513.15 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.09% or 4.75 points to 432.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which rose 4.09% to 631.25, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.86% to settle at 465.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 2.06% to close at 1194.40.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.44% to 513.20 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.04% to settle at 432.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 0.84% to 931.45 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 792 to 781 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1319 rose and 1257 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.65% to 11.6100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.85% or 11.05 to $1291.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.29 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.27 to trade at $58.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.32% to 64.911, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 76.3818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.34.