Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto, Real Estate and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL), which rose 3.38% or 14.20 points to trade at 434.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NSE:INFY) added 2.22% or 21.10 points to end at 971.25 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was up 1.94% or 17.65 points to 926.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO), which fell 4.02% or 16.15 points to trade at 385.95 at the close. State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) declined 2.01% or 5.50 points to end at 268.20 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) was down 1.92% or 2.05 points to 104.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 3.33% to 434.05, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.11% to settle at 970.10 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 1.91% to close at 927.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.10% to 385.75 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 1.83% to settle at 104.60 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.81% to 268.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 791 to 644 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 405 rose and 345 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) rose to all time highs; rising 3.38% or 14.20 to 434.15. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd. (NSE:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.02% or 16.15 to 385.95. Shares in Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.33% or 14.00 to 434.05. Shares in Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.10% or 16.50 to 385.75.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.61% to 16.0100.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.22% or 2.50 to $1152.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.12% or 1.10 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.10 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 63.456, while EUR/INR rose 0.21% to 69.9560.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.81.