Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Healthcare and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which rose 3.62% or 31.30 points to trade at 896.45 at the close. Meanwhile, TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) added 2.27% or 5.60 points to end at 252.35 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NSE:TCS) was up 2.09% or 56.15 points to 2740.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GAIL Ltd (NSE:GAIL), which fell 4.43% or 15.30 points to trade at 329.75 at the close. Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) declined 4.13% or 15.70 points to end at 364.15 and NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) was down 3.69% or 3.65 points to 95.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 2.07% to 251.65, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.03% to settle at 4634.55 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.92% to close at 1163.80.
The worst performers were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 4.43% to 330.20 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 4.20% to settle at 364.05 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 2.87% to 683.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 841 to 597 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 417 rose and 329 declined, while 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in GAIL Ltd (NSE:GAIL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.43% or 15.30 to 329.75. Shares in NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.69% or 3.65 to 95.40. Shares in Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.43% or 15.30 to 330.20. Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.03% or 92.20 to 4634.55.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 0.62% to 16.3600.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.30 to $1119.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.51% or 0.21 to hit $42.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $48.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.16% to 65.330, while EUR/INR fell 0.33% to 72.2430.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.00% at 96.84.