Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN), which rose 2.70% or 8.65 points to trade at 328.70 at the close. Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ) added 3.16% or 8.15 points to end at 263.70 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.83% or 5.60 points to 310.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 2.16% or 15.65 points to trade at 709.00 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 1.82% or 9.85 points to end at 531.70 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 1.54% or 8.95 points to 574.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 1.84% to 310.25, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 1.11% to settle at 187.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.85% to close at 417.65.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.48% to 709.05 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 1.44% to settle at 531.70 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 1.09% to 1045.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 878 to 707 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1451 fell and 1223 advanced, while 146 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.20% to 16.8675.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.22% or 16.60 to $1339.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $61.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.76 to trade at $64.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 64.804, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 79.9452.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.58.