Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Consumer Durables and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 2.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 2.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 1.35% or 9.35 points to trade at 704.50 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 0.51% or 5.65 points to end at 1108.35 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was down 0.07% or 0.25 points to 356.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which lost 4.35% or 17.80 points to trade at 392.15 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 4.12% or 5.05 points to end at 117.25 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 4.23% or 46.70 points to 1059.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 1.24% to 704.30, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 0.75% to settle at 1108.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.04% to close at 814.30.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 4.45% to 392.15 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 4.30% to settle at 51.20 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.93% to 331.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1113 to 443 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1541 fell and 776 advanced, while 168 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 10.89% to 18.0550 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 10.85 to $1540.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.83% or 1.01 to hit $54.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.83 to trade at $57.83 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.50% to 72.309, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 79.0330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.280.