Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 3.56% or 176.90 points to trade at 5145.00 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 3.48% or 330.00 points to end at 9799.90 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was up 3.01% or 20.05 points to 686.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which lost 4.93% or 320.75 points to trade at 6189.00 in late trade. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 3.39% or 33.70 points to end at 960.90 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NS:HDFC) shed 3.34% or 83.35 points to 2409.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 3.70% to 9821.05, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 3.69% to settle at 5153.95 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.95% to close at 4610.00.
The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was down 4.70% to 6203.15 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 3.56% to settle at 961.40 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 3.16% to 2414.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 955 to 680 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1586 rose and 1181 declined, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.27% to 22.4250.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1770.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.40 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.46 to trade at $67.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.21% to 75.004, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 90.3870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 91.047.