India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.05%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto , Power and Consumer Durables sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.05%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NSE: COAL ), which rose 1.53% or 6.15 points to trade at 408.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Steel Ltd (NSE: TISC ) added 1.28% or 2.01 points to end at 159.58 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE: HALC ) was up 1.16% or 7.65 points to 666.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NSE: HROM ), which fell 3.16% or 138.70 points to trade at 4,249.00 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NSE: BAJA ) declined 2.80% or 247.50 points to end at 8,603.50 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE: MRTI ) was down 2.67% or 347.00 points to 12,642.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO: TISC ) which rose 1.27% to 159.50, Infosys Ltd (BO: INFY ) which was up 0.23% to settle at 1,562.80 and ITC Ltd (BO: ITC ) which gained 0.07% to close at 435.40.
The worst performers were Eternal Ltd (BO: ETEA ) which was down 4.24% to 227.90 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO: MRTI ) which lost 2.76% to settle at 12,630.00 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC ) which was down 2.04% to 11,673.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1635 to 754 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2388 fell and 1422 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.
The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.36% to 17.42.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 2.21 to $3,235.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.12 to trade at $65.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 85.59, while EUR/INR rose 0.33% to 96.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 100.17.