Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 3.28% or 34.35 points to trade at 1,082.50 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 2.79% or 244.65 points to end at 9,010.10 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 2.34% or 14.75 points to 644.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST), which lost 2.84% or 592.65 points to trade at 20,282.40 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 2.63% or 67.70 points to end at 2,505.40 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 2.60% or 49.20 points to 1,846.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 3.29% to 1,082.55, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.72% to settle at 9,004.45 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.98% to close at 1,947.90.
The worst performers were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 2.83% to 20,278.15 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.71% to settle at 2,504.35 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was down 2.55% to 1,659.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1124 to 687 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1894 fell and 1362 advanced, while 105 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.11% to 16.88 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 9.80 to $1,644.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 1.02 to hit $83.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 1.05 to trade at $90.16 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.11% to 82.84, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 81.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 111.96.