Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.27% to hit a new 6-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN), which rose 3.11% or 5.50 points to trade at 182.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) added 1.61% or 1.90 points to end at 120.10 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (NSE:ICBK) was up 1.40% or 3.95 points to 287.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL), which fell 4.34% or 7.85 points to trade at 173.00 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) declined 3.70% or 22.75 points to end at 591.95 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) was down 2.50% or 85.15 points to 3321.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.11% to 182.55, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was up 1.57% to settle at 119.90 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.36% to close at 287.10.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 3.35% to 593.50 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 2.34% to settle at 3329.25 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.05% to 812.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 879 to 527 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 440 fell and 287 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.34% or 7.85 to 173.00.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 4.63% to 18.0100.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.66% or 7.70 to $1181.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.73% or 1.00 to hit $59.15 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.39 to trade at $64.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 63.946, while EUR/INR fell 0.28% to 72.0120.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.31.