NEW DELHI: Bajaj Finance, GAIL (India), ITC, HDFC, Power Grid Corporation and HDFC Bank closed Tuesday's session as the top gainers in the Nifty index.On the contrary, Vedanta, Indian Oil Corporation, HPCL, UPL, Mahindra Mahindra and BPCL stood as the top losers in the Nifty index.Weighed down by sustained selling in most sectors, led by IT, metal, oil gas and auto, equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty extended their losses for the second consecutive session on Tuesday.Investors were on a selling spree, taking cues from the weakness in global stocks amid escalating trade spat between the US and China.The Sensex index lost 262 points, or 0.74 per cent, ending the day at 35,287, with only 4 stocks in the green and 27 in the red.The Nifty index tanked 89 points, or 0.83 per cent, settling at 10,710, with 8 stocks advancing and 42 declining.All sectors closed the day in the red on NSE.
Nifty Realty, falling 2.01 per cent, emerged as the top loser among the sectoral indices.As many as 99 stocks including Burnpur Cement, Vedanta, UltraTech Cement, Suzlon Energy and NTPC hit 52-week lows on NSE.