
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Power and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.29%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.73% or 12.55 points to trade at 472.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 1.67% or 2.25 points to end at 137.15 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was up 1.58% or 7.40 points to 475.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI), which fell 2.11% or 82.60 points to trade at 3,827.00 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) declined 1.91% or 30.35 points to end at 1,557.85 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was down 1.86% or 9.20 points to 485.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.70% to 137.25, Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was up 1.54% to settle at 3,816.50 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.13% to close at 10,200.00.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.93% to 485.00 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 1.87% to settle at 1,558.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.84% to 311.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1477 to 663 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2406 fell and 1307 advanced, while 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) rose to all time highs; up 1.54% or 57.75 to 3,816.50.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.54% to 13.57.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.39% or 7.95 to $2,043.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.91% or 0.66 to hit $73.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 1.00 to trade at $79.15 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 83.11, while EUR/INR fell 0.29% to 90.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 102.97.
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