Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which rose 4.06% or 44.10 points to trade at 1,131.00 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 2.95% or 56.50 points to end at 1,972.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 2.56% or 15.40 points to 616.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 2.43% or 113.80 points to trade at 4,566.95 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 1.90% or 33.95 points to end at 1,756.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 1.59% or 24.75 points to 1,531.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 2.89% to 1,970.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.42% to settle at 2,622.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.11% to close at 1,558.25.
The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.79% to 1,757.40 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.53% to settle at 1,532.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.52% to 1,082.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1714 to 481 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2743 rose and 961 declined, while 98 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.56% to 11.65 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 24.10 to $2,281.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.04% or 1.71 to hit $85.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.63 to trade at $89.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.41, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 89.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.69.