Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.86%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY), which rose 11.13% or 111.40 points to trade at 1112.65 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NSE:BRTI) added 3.68% or 15.80 points to end at 445.25 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT) was up 2.97% or 28.15 points to 974.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN), which lost 15.06% or 142.75 points to trade at 805.25 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) declined 4.78% or 6.85 points to end at 136.35 and Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) shed 4.70% or 92.95 points to 1885.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 11.05% to 1112.65, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 3.68% to settle at 445.25 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.69% to close at 577.00.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 14.95% to 805.30 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 4.74% to settle at 136.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.56% to 281.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1129 to 313 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 598 fell and 152 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 up 0.92% to 15.0975.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.30 to $1105.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $50.44 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.67 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 63.581, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 69.0480.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 98.02.