Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Real Estate and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.25% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 0.67% or 8.45 points to trade at 1,267.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) fell 0.02% or 0.30 points to end at 1,692.25 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was down 0.06% or 1.15 points to 1,851.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which fell 3.88% or 113.85 points to trade at 2,823.80 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 3.70% or 111.00 points to end at 2,887.20 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was down 3.51% or 17.05 points to 468.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 0.77% to 1,269.00, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 0.13% to settle at 2,358.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 1,852.50.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.62% to 2,888.65 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 2.97% to settle at 790.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.92% to 321.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2357 to 137 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3240 fell and 553 advanced, while 75 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.21% to 14.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.48% or 13.15 to $2,752.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.97% or 0.68 to hit $70.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.67 to trade at $74.96 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 84.08, while EUR/INR rose 0.11% to 91.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 103.74.