India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.31% 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 0.31%, while the index declined 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.52% or 99.10 points to trade at 4,029.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:) added 1.46% or 38.15 points to end at 2,658.00 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:) was up 1.15% or 227.80 points to 19,980.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:), which fell 2.93% or 9.90 points to trade at 328.50 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) declined 2.61% or 12.55 points to end at 468.65 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) was down 2.50% or 2.90 points to 112.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which rose 1.31% to 2,654.10, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.99% to settle at 7,268.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.81% to close at 223.60.

The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which was down 2.50% to 112.90 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.35% to settle at 4,374.00 and Infosys Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.69% to 1,612.85 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1124 to 781 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1807 fell and 1565 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.26% to 14.04.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.23% or 4.05 to $1,785.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.03% or 0.79 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.88 to trade at $81.80 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.79% to 82.54, while EUR/INR rose 0.89% to 86.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 105.23.