Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 2.26% to hit a new 3-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which rose 8.35% or 13.40 points to trade at 173.90 at the close. Meanwhile, State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) added 1.83% or 5.00 points to end at 278.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.77% or 37.20 points to 2138.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which fell 9.28% or 47.10 points to trade at 460.20 at the close. Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) declined 8.90% or 29.25 points to end at 299.40 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was down 8.45% or 100.70 points to 1091.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 1.91% to 278.10, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 1.47% to settle at 3308.70 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.51% to close at 448.05.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 9.88% to 457.25 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 7.80% to settle at 393.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 7.41% to 892.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1409 to 109 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2311 fell and 335 advanced, while 112 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 16.01% to 20.1450 a new 6-months high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.45% or 5.45 to $1227.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.70% or 1.17 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.34% or 1.04 to trade at $45.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.32% to 67.641, while EUR/INR rose 0.38% to 73.0480.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 99.72.