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 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 2.21% or 149.20 points to trade at 6,910.10 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 1.99% or 10.90 points to end at 558.65 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was up 1.76% or 85.80 points to 4,950.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which lost 2.07% or 5.70 points to trade at 270.05 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.86% or 23.00 points to end at 1,213.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 1.74% or 69.20 points to 3,919.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.26% to 6,916.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.32% to settle at 329.25 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.30% to close at 3,667.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.07% to 270.00 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.99% to settle at 1,211.15 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.49% to 479.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1536 to 679 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2457 fell and 1357 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.91% to 12.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 17.75 to $2,194.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.31 to hit $81.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.32 to trade at $85.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 83.29, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 90.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.73.