India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.27% 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 declined 0.27% to hit a new 6-months low, while the index lost 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the were NTPC Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.15% or 3.20 points to trade at 152.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:) added 1.60% or 10.75 points to end at 682.05 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.49% or 54.30 points to 3,706.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:), which fell 5.14% or 199.50 points to trade at 3,681.75 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.46% or 21.25 points to end at 844.20 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) was down 2.26% or 3.60 points to 155.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which rose 1.63% to 682.15, NTPC Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.61% to settle at 151.25 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which gained 1.42% to close at 5,432.15.

The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 2.12% to 845.85 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.08% to settle at 1,030.45 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.33% to 2,627.35 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1008 to 802 and 61 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1715 fell and 1487 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.08% or 21.90 to 1,030.45.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.14% to 21.89.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 8.65 to $1,823.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.77% or 0.93 to hit $121.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 1.05 to trade at $123.32 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.22% to 78.01, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 81.40.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.92.