Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.87% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 1.71% or 28.60 points to trade at 1697.50 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 1.17% or 15.80 points to end at 1366.60 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 0.91% or 2.65 points to 293.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 4.33% or 16.80 points to trade at 369.15 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 4.90% or 9.80 points to end at 190.95 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) shed 3.76% or 15.10 points to 386.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 1.37% to 1695.25, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 1.14% to settle at 1366.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.84% to close at 191.60.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 4.65% to 91.20 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 4.60% to settle at 190.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.77% to 386.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1117 to 469 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1619 fell and 817 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.17% to 26.4775.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.35 to $1282.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.58% or 0.36 to hit $61.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.60 to trade at $70.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 69.395, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 77.7155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.282.