Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Durables and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.58% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which rose 3.80% or 61.05 points to trade at 1662.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 0.70% or 2.30 points to end at 330.70 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) was down 0.41% or 5.35 points to 1294.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which fell 6.95% or 59.05 points to trade at 800.90 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 5.19% or 20.55 points to end at 375.45 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was down 4.11% or 40.85 points to 953.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 0.06% to 664.95, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 0.17% to settle at 438.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 0.27% to close at 330.75.
The worst performers were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 5.90% to 801.65 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 5.45% to settle at 374.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 3.58% to 2995.35 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1383 to 247 and 18 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2174 fell and 504 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.95% or 59.05 to 800.90. Shares in Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.90% or 50.25 to 801.65.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 24.68% to 20.0150 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.70% or 9.30 to $1345.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.54 to trade at $67.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.17% to 64.205, while EUR/INR rose 0.31% to 79.5736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.40.