India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.04% 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 0.04%, while the index declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which rose 4.06% or 44.10 points to trade at 1,131.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) added 2.95% or 56.50 points to end at 1,972.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.56% or 15.40 points to 616.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.43% or 113.80 points to trade at 4,566.95 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.90% or 33.95 points to end at 1,756.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:) was down 1.59% or 24.75 points to 1,531.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.89% to 1,970.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.42% to settle at 2,622.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.11% to close at 1,558.25.

The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.79% to 1,757.40 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.53% to settle at 1,532.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.52% to 1,082.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1714 to 481 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2743 rose and 961 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.56% to 11.65 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 24.05 to $2,281.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.07% or 1.73 to hit $85.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.64 to trade at $89.06 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.41, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 89.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.69.

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 0.04%, while the index declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:), which rose 4.06% or 44.10 points to trade at 1,131.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:) added 2.95% or 56.50 points to end at 1,972.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:) was up 2.56% or 15.40 points to 616.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:), which fell 2.43% or 113.80 points to trade at 4,566.95 at the close. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.90% or 33.95 points to end at 1,756.75 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:) was down 1.59% or 24.75 points to 1,531.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.89% to 1,970.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was up 1.42% to settle at 2,622.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 1.11% to close at 1,558.25.

The worst performers were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.79% to 1,757.40 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.53% to settle at 1,532.60 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.52% to 1,082.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1714 to 481 and 36 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2743 rose and 961 declined, while 98 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.56% to 11.65 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 24.05 to $2,281.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.07% or 1.73 to hit $85.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.64 to trade at $89.06 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.41, while EUR/INR fell 0.35% to 89.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.69.