Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which rose 0.17% or 2.40 points to trade at 1,450.85 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) fell 0.11% or 0.35 points to end at 308.85 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 0.12% or 2.90 points to 2,363.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF), which lost 5.12% or 160.55 points to trade at 2,976.90 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 3.18% or 85.45 points to end at 2,599.70 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.84% or 47.25 points to 1,615.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 0.19% to 470.95, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.02% to settle at 2,365.50 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 0.03% to close at 309.00.
The worst performers were JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 3.06% to 960.00 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 3.02% to settle at 1,612.20 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 2.55% to 974.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1718 to 787 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2294 fell and 1541 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.60% to 14.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 12.99 to $2,657.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.50% or 1.06 to hit $69.65 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.59 to trade at $73.32 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 84.91, while EUR/INR fell 0.31% to 89.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 106.76.
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