Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Real Estate and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which rose 3.51% or 40.60 points to trade at 1197.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) added 2.71% or 5.80 points to end at 220.20 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) was up 2.12% or 22.35 points to 1075.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which fell 2.39% or 13.20 points to trade at 538.70 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) declined 2.19% or 91.80 points to end at 4105.70 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was down 1.99% or 7.95 points to 391.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 1.94% to 544.65, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 1.76% to settle at 427.60 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 1.50% to close at 2570.65.
The worst performers were Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which was down 1.96% to 1120.25 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.61% to settle at 456.15 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 1.07% to 258.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 890 to 672 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1437 fell and 1170 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) rose to all time highs; up 3.51% or 40.60 to 1197.85. Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.71% or 5.80 to 220.20. Shares in Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.76% or 7.40 to 427.60.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.54% to 10.9125.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 2.87 to $1251.43 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.38% or 0.64 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.68 to trade at $49.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.02% to 64.395, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 75.0234.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.82.