Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Real Estate and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 3.51% or 40.60 points to trade at 1197.85 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.71% or 5.80 points to end at 220.20 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.12% or 22.35 points to 1075.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 2.39% or 13.20 points to trade at 538.70 in late trade. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 2.19% or 91.80 points to end at 4105.70 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 1.99% or 7.95 points to 391.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 1.94% to 544.65, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.76% to settle at 427.60 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.50% to close at 2570.65.
The worst performers were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 1.96% to 1120.25 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.61% to settle at 456.15 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 1.07% to 258.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 890 to 672 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1437 fell and 1170 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.54% to 10.9125.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 2.95 to $1251.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.38% or 0.64 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.68 to trade at $49.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 64.400, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 75.0187.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.82.