Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.67% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Limited (NS:BAJA), which rose 2.01% or 48.35 points to trade at 2457.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Hero MotoCorp Limited (NS:HROM) added 1.90% or 49.60 points to end at 2663.70 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 1.83% or 84.50 points to 4712.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 5.05% or 12.60 points to trade at 236.70 at the close. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) declined 4.87% or 170.45 points to end at 3330.70 and Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL) was down 4.83% or 7.00 points to 137.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 1.68% to 4715.40, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 1.49% to settle at 2657.40 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which gained 1.36% to close at 2441.65.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 4.90% to 236.95 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 4.80% to settle at 3336.30 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 3.96% to 921.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 949 to 481 and 13 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 553 fell and 218 advanced, while 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 1.83% or 84.50 to 4712.70. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.68% or 77.80 to 4715.40.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.26% to 16.8250.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.39% or 4.20 to $1092.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.25% or 0.11 to hit $43.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.06 to trade at $47.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 66.436, while EUR/INR fell 0.14% to 71.3610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 99.18.