India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.01%

© Reuters. India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.01%

Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Technology and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 3.34% or 5.50 points to trade at 170.30 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 2.95% or 35.55 points to end at 1242.70 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 2.40% or 5.50 points to 234.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 3.82% or 14.95 points to trade at 376.40 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.67% or 17.90 points to end at 469.25 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) shed 2.39% or 29.80 points to 1217.35.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 4.32% to 171.55, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 2.19% to settle at 654.15 and AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which gained 1.82% to close at 510.40.

The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 2.31% to 1217.55 in late trade, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which lost 2.28% to settle at 1169.00 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.10% to 2366.75 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 984 to 562 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1496 rose and 963 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.09% to 12.9275.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.95 to $1305.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.01 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.38 to trade at $58.05 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.23% to 65.425, while EUR/INR fell 0.02% to 77.1503.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 92.78.