Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Power and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 3.58% or 30.75 points to trade at 889.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 3.54% or 92.05 points to end at 2696.00 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 2.15% or 20.60 points to 979.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which fell 3.59% or 17.15 points to trade at 461.00 at the close. NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) declined 2.77% or 4.50 points to end at 158.10 and Indiabulls (NS:INBF) was down 2.71% or 31.70 points to 1138.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 3.63% to 2695.40, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 2.00% to settle at 979.45 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.91% to close at 560.65.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.58% to 460.90 in late trade, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.65% to settle at 158.25 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.28% to 171.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1084 to 477 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1734 fell and 897 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.58% or 30.75 to 889.45.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.07% to 11.1325.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.90% or 11.55 to $1294.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $49.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.17% to 64.436, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 72.4680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.68.