India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.04%
Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Oil&Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.04%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 1.35% or 16.65 points to trade at 1,246.60 at the close. SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) added 1.34% or 25.35 points to end at 1,914.10 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.33% or 24.45 points to 1,865.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 1.40% or 104.50 points to trade at 7,335.55 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 1.29% or 4.20 points to end at 322.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.20% or 23.60 points to 1,940.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 1.37% to 1,246.90, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 1.15% to settle at 1,861.30 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which gained 0.85% to close at 3,617.00.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.29% to 7,340.10 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.28% to settle at 1,939.00 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which was down 0.93% to 931.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1271 to 1181 and 26 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1921 rose and 1853 declined, while 110 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.96% to 13.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 1.00 to $2,526.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.65% or 1.21 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.77 to trade at $75.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.96, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 92.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.80.
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