Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv), which rose 11.74% or 33.05 points to trade at 314.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) added 9.12% or 38.40 points to end at 459.65 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) was up 4.09% or 30.85 points to 785.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which fell 6.08% or 49.35 points to trade at 762.75 at the close. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 2.98% or 11.500 points to end at 374.550 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 2.54% or 67.00 points to 2569.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 8.95% to 458.20, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 3.51% to settle at 334.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 3.12% to close at 204.85.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 6.13% to 762.70 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 2.31% to settle at 370.85 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.29% to 2575.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 908 to 518 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 992 fell and 590 advanced, while 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) rose to 52-week highs; up 11.74% or 33.05 to 314.50.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.44% to 16.0450.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.15 to $1213.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.33 to trade at $50.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 67.200, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 74.9690.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.62.