Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.60%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE), which rose 4.81% or 9.20 points to trade at 200.35 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) added 2.36% or 2.95 points to end at 127.75 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 1.35% or 11.10 points to 834.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which fell 6.82% or 11.45 points to trade at 156.40 at the close. Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) declined 6.10% or 8.50 points to end at 130.85 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was down 5.56% or 21.35 points to 362.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.12% to 127.60, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 0.16% to settle at 2860.35 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.13% to close at 526.60.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 6.49% to 156.40 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 4.88% to settle at 301.00 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.81% to 71.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1196 to 223 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 658 fell and 138 advanced, while 21 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.97% to 23.0400.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.15% or 26.60 to $1212.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.65% or 0.48 to hit $29.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 0.74 to trade at $34.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.39% to 68.395, while EUR/INR rose 0.57% to 76.4410.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.49.