Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the declined 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Cipla Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.10% or 33.05 points to trade at 1,098.70 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) added 2.48% or 19.40 points to end at 800.25 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.11% or 24.20 points to 1,173.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which lost 3.05% or 83.10 points to trade at 2,638.25 in late trade. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:) declined 2.22% or 19.20 points to end at 844.20 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) shed 2.20% or 2.20 points to 97.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.81% to 204.90, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.32% to settle at 1,164.40 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.29% to close at 4,185.70.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.25% to 97.60 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.79% to settle at 2,606.95 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.52% to 1,801.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1058 to 764 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1797 rose and 1467 declined, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.48% to 21.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 10.95 to $1,644.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.56% or 1.20 to hit $77.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.39 to trade at $84.25 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 81.56, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 78.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 113.52.