Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto, IT and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 3.17% or 213.20 points to trade at 6933.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) added 3.01% or 812.40 points to end at 27800.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) was up 2.62% or 39.25 points to 1534.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which fell 8.44% or 29.20 points to trade at 316.90 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) declined 2.34% or 25.10 points to end at 1049.55 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 1.77% or 58.70 points to 3262.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 3.22% to 6935.30, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was up 2.63% to settle at 1534.35 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which gained 2.17% to close at 6203.45.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.30% to 1050.05 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.78% to settle at 3262.35 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 1.13% to 7511.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 996 to 701 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1609 fell and 1503 advanced, while 110 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.17% or 131.60 to 6203.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.72% to 12.2750.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.41% or 25.15 to $1808.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.74% or 1.31 to hit $76.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.26 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 74.517, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 88.2730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.317.