Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.09% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 5.95% or 19.40 points to trade at 349.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) added 3.72% or 10.70 points to end at 297.35 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 4.03% or 244.10 points to 6233.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which fell 5.82% or 1162.40 points to trade at 18877.25 at the close. GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) declined 2.76% or 9.20 points to end at 323.60 and Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) was down 0.96% or 2.00 points to 202.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 4.43% to 2564.95, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 2.61% to settle at 422.30 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 1.69% to close at 90.45.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.43% to 202.60 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.73% to settle at 1278.10 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 1.53% to 1918.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 874 to 714 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1342 fell and 1093 advanced, while 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.82% or 1162.40 to 18877.25.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.49% to 18.4275.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 4.55 to $1307.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.04% or 0.54 to hit $52.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.74 to trade at $60.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.08% to 71.130, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 81.4130.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.368.