Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.09% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 5.95% or 19.40 points to trade at 349.25 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 3.72% or 10.70 points to end at 297.35 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 4.03% or 244.10 points to 6233.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which lost 5.82% or 1162.40 points to trade at 18877.25 in late trade. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.76% or 9.20 points to end at 323.60 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) shed 0.96% or 2.00 points to 202.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.43% to 2564.95, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.61% to settle at 422.30 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 1.69% to close at 90.45.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.43% to 202.60 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.73% to settle at 1278.10 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.53% to 1918.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 874 to 714 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1342 fell and 1093 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.49% to 18.4275.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 4.55 to $1307.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.08% or 0.56 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.74 to trade at $60.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 71.135, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 81.3930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.368.