India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.03%

India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.03%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which rose 1.82% or 20.95 points to trade at 1,170.95 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 1.79% or 6.55 points to end at 372.80 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 1.40% or 3.30 points to 239.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM), which lost 1.16% or 36.65 points to trade at 3,130.25 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 0.88% or 66.45 points to end at 7,495.60 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) shed 0.77% or 5.80 points to 748.20.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 1.92% to 1,171.65, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.38% to settle at 239.10 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.17% to close at 5,401.20.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 0.99% to 7,485.30 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 0.63% to settle at 2,324.20 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 0.52% to 1,480.15 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1098 to 977 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1906 rose and 1638 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.79% to 11.19.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.82% or 16.40 to $1,972.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.05% or 1.66 to hit $79.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.12% or 1.81 to trade at $83.37 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.04% to 83.26, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 89.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 105.33.