Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, IT and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.00%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL), which rose 6.67% or 8.55 points to trade at 136.70 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 4.72% or 3.75 points to end at 83.15 and Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) was up 3.38% or 2.95 points to 90.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which lost 4.70% or 7.00 points to trade at 141.90 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 2.68% or 5.05 points to end at 183.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 2.65% or 22.50 points to 826.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 4.73% to 83.10, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 3.50% to settle at 90.30 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 2.49% to close at 348.45.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.90% to 3461.55 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.52% to settle at 183.65 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.48% to 827.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 719 to 704 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 428 fell and 384 advanced, while 29 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.26% to 18.4650.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.85% or 10.70 to $1274.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.98% or 0.37 to hit $37.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.25 to trade at $40.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.58% to 67.376, while EUR/INR rose 0.55% to 74.1800.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.16.