Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P BSE Bankex, S&P BSE Capital Goods and S&P BSE IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which rose 5.39% or 41.50 points to trade at 810.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Power Co. Ltd (NSE:TTPW) added 3.70% or 2.75 points to end at 77.10 and Gail (India) Ltd. (NSE:GAIL) was up 2.04% or 7.75 points to 387.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NSE:ONGC), which fell 2.81% or 8.85 points to trade at 306.35 at the close. Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) declined 2.79% or 4.15 points to end at 144.40 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NSE:ULTC) was down 2.25% or 66.15 points to 2877.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which rose 3.42% to 77.100, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was up 2.37% to settle at 388.850 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 1.91% to close at 3492.000.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.51% to 306.800 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 1.72% to settle at 316.850 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which was down 1.71% to 129.150 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 816 to 599 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 321 rose and 258 declined, while 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.39% or 41.50 to 810.80. Shares in Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.79% or 4.15 to 144.40.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.61% to 14.4925.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.24% or 2.90 to $1182.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.36% or 1.15 to hit $47.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.46% or 1.39 to trade at $54.91 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.07% to 62.553, while EUR/INR fell 0.76% to 67.1370.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 98.89.