Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 5.89% or 22.95 points to trade at 412.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) added 1.46% or 64.30 points to end at 4,472.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 1.46% or 6.85 points to 477.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which fell 5.67% or 218.45 points to trade at 3,636.85 at the close. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 2.98% or 24.40 points to end at 795.00 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 2.84% or 92.60 points to 3,169.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.29% to 211.80, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 1.15% to settle at 118.85 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 0.81% to close at 2,643.70.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.92% to 795.40 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.09% to settle at 595.15 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 1.76% to 1,569.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1229 to 663 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1997 fell and 1390 advanced, while 132 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.85% to 15.51.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1,877.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.54% or 0.40 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $79.92 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.49% to 81.76, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 87.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 102.95.