Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 2.21% or 149.20 points to trade at 6,910.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 1.99% or 10.90 points to end at 558.65 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) was up 1.76% or 85.80 points to 4,950.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD), which fell 2.07% or 5.70 points to trade at 270.05 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.86% or 23.00 points to end at 1,213.10 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 1.74% or 69.20 points to 3,919.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 2.26% to 6,916.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.32% to settle at 329.25 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 1.30% to close at 3,667.00.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.07% to 270.00 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.99% to settle at 1,211.15 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.49% to 479.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1536 to 679 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2457 fell and 1357 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.91% to 12.82.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 17.75 to $2,194.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.31 to hit $81.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.32 to trade at $85.76 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 83.29, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 90.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.73.