Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Technology and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which rose 1.64% or 9.45 points to trade at 586.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) added 1.59% or 18.80 points to end at 1200.05 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 1.39% or 118.40 points to 8624.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which fell 2.53% or 9.80 points to trade at 377.85 at the close. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) declined 1.99% or 14.35 points to end at 705.65 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was down 1.85% or 3.45 points to 182.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 1.48% to 8633.00, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.03% to settle at 1728.90 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which gained 1.03% to close at 274.65.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.88% to 182.55 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.56% to settle at 490.40 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.30% to 984.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 806 to 764 and 41 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1349 rose and 1301 declined, while 159 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) rose to all time highs; rising 1.64% or 9.45 to 586.65. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 1.39% or 118.40 to 8624.15. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 1.48% or 126.10 to 8633.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.90% to 13.1475.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.23 to $1293.17 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.53 to hit $57.58 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.50 to trade at $62.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 64.455, while EUR/INR fell 0.17% to 76.5813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.02.