Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Auto and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 2.10% or 164.10 points to trade at 7,974.85 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 1.67% or 50.45 points to end at 3,074.00 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 1.33% or 41.85 points to 3,190.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 3.75% or 7.20 points to trade at 184.65 in late trade. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) declined 2.69% or 285.55 points to end at 10,325.05 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 2.68% or 92.45 points to 3,354.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.04% to 7,968.95, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.68% to settle at 3,072.80 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 1.50% to close at 3,196.85.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.46% to 10,340.90 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which lost 2.27% to settle at 5,459.80 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.83% to 241.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1058 to 991 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1859 rose and 1774 declined, while 186 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.93% to 11.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 5.15 to $1,842.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.55% or 0.49 to hit $88.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.58 to trade at $90.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 83.20, while EUR/INR rose 0.01% to 87.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.79.