India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.06% By Investing.com

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the lost 0.06%, while the index lost 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.09% or 132.45 points to trade at 4,415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) added 2.82% or 20.85 points to end at 761.25 and NTPC Ltd (NS:) was up 2.43% or 4.00 points to 168.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.34% or 407.15 points to trade at 16,968.95 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) declined 2.29% or 19.20 points to end at 818.25 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:) was down 1.47% or 53.80 points to 3,608.80.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which rose 2.79% to 761.30, NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was up 2.56% to settle at 168.40 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.54% to close at 108.55.

The worst performers were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.08% to 17,014.00 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which lost 1.14% to settle at 1,915.95 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.08% to 1,304.95 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 960 to 886 and 44 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1708 rose and 1605 declined, while 130 ended unchanged.

Shares in NTPC Ltd (NS:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.43% or 4.00 to 168.50. Shares in NTPC Ltd (BO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.56% or 4.20 to 168.40.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.70% to 19.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1,722.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.46 to hit $86.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.10% or 2.97 to trade at $92.77 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.38% to 79.75, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 109.79.