Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which rose 3.34% or 98.55 points to trade at 3,046.35 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) added 2.24% or 109.65 points to end at 5,013.60 and Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS:BAJE) was up 1.90% or 5.55 points to 297.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which lost 4.74% or 107.00 points to trade at 2,150.50 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 3.25% or 37.95 points to end at 1,128.85 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 3.01% or 283.50 points to 9,137.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which rose 1.76% to 2,504.00, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.68% to settle at 1,920.85 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.94% to close at 588.20.
The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 3.07% to 11,105.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 2.21% to settle at 1,764.75 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.80% to 362.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1492 to 980 and 144 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2192 rose and 1561 declined, while 105 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.49% to 15.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 14.40 to $2,657.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.97% or 0.67 to hit $69.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.64 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 84.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 88.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 106.75.