Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Consumer Durables and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.26%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which rose 3.08% or 97.35 points to trade at 3,260.00 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.27% or 23.65 points to end at 1,065.85 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 2.06% or 18.65 points to 925.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 2.43% or 5.75 points to trade at 230.90 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 1.90% or 147.45 points to end at 7,595.00 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) was down 1.89% or 35.55 points to 1,843.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 1.99% to 1,063.50, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.99% to settle at 20,653.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.90% to close at 1,145.45.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.62% to 230.25 in late trade, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which lost 1.85% to settle at 7,593.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.13% to 2,340.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1012 to 905 and 54 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1835 rose and 1569 declined, while 117 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.55% to 12.07.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 9.65 to $2,016.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $80.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $84.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 82.04, while EUR/INR rose 0.53% to 90.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 101.39.