Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Real Estate and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.71% to hit a new 52-week low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC), which rose 2.54% or 3.60 points to trade at 145.20 at the close. Wipro Ltd . (NS:WIPR) added 2.13% or 11.45 points to end at 548.90 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.66% or 19.30 points to 1181.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which lost 3.31% or 4.60 points to trade at 134.50 in late trade. Punjab National Bank (NS:PNBK) declined 3.16% or 3.25 points to end at 99.65 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) shed 3.10% or 21.55 points to 672.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.47% to 145.15, Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was up 2.08% to settle at 549.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.59% to close at 1182.15.
The worst performers were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 3.02% to 75.50 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.67% to settle at 406.10 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 2.24% to 246.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1070 to 401 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 586 fell and 229 advanced, while 8 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.12% to 18.7125.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.33% or 3.60 to $1092.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.56% or 0.17 to hit $31.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.01 to trade at $31.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.19% to 66.885, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 72.5980.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 99.01.