Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.32% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 1.72% or 4.80 points to trade at 283.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 1.03% or 9.65 points to end at 943.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 0.39% or 2.85 points to 734.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which fell 4.50% or 38.60 points to trade at 820.75 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 3.94% or 24.20 points to end at 592.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 3.21% or 6.20 points to 186.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which rose 1.73% to 285.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 0.36% to settle at 169.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.31% to close at 734.25.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 3.46% to 592.30 in late trade, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which lost 3.21% to settle at 186.85 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 3.06% to 3178.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1243 to 376 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1780 fell and 822 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.84% to 15.3300 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1199.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.77 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.60 to trade at $77.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.10% to 72.657, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 84.1575.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.22.