Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Metals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty declined 0.29%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK), which rose 4.96% or 6.70 points to trade at 141.85 at the close. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL) added 2.54% or 6.90 points to end at 278.90 and NTPC Limited (NSE:NTPC) was up 2.12% or 2.85 points to 137.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC), which lost 4.88% or 5.40 points to trade at 105.25 in late trade. Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) declined 2.82% or 73.55 points to end at 2531.50 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) shed 2.74% or 105.75 points to 3749.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 2.24% to 278.25, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.05% to settle at 136.85 and HDFC Bank Ltd. (BO:HDBK) which gained 1.10% to close at 1107.40.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 2.85% to 3746.65 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 2.84% to settle at 2531.55 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.49% to 1302.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 766 to 671 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 448 fell and 309 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 2.78% to 15.9150.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 4.80 to $1092.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.69% or 0.33 to hit $47.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.70 to trade at $52.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.50% to 63.930, while EUR/INR fell 0.93% to 70.5650.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 96.99.