Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Consumer Durables and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.18%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 0.94% or 4.00 points to trade at 431.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 0.14% or 1.95 points to end at 1375.00 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 0.07% or 0.35 points to 518.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank of Baroda Ltd (NS:BOB), which fell 2.91% or 4.20 points to trade at 140.05 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 2.91% or 5.05 points to end at 168.25 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 2.68% or 6.25 points to 227.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 0.25% to 1381.40, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 0.02% to settle at 290.95 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which lost 0.20% to close at 987.65.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.80% to 168.50 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 2.35% to settle at 481.15 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 2.20% to 1727.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1114 to 428 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1687 fell and 804 advanced, while 123 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.14% to 13.5425.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.83 to $1327.13 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $46.51 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.33 to trade at $51.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 64.000, while EUR/INR rose 0.68% to 77.0660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 91.69.