India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.28%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals , Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.28%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL ), which rose 2.35% or 8.00 points to trade at 348.75 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK ) added 1.93% or 23.75 points to end at 1,255.50 and Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT ) was up 1.52% or 90.65 points to 6,068.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL ), which fell 3.56% or 26.35 points to trade at 714.25 at the close. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA ) declined 3.17% or 377.80 points to end at 11,521.50 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR ) was down 3.02% or 16.60 points to 532.95.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK ) which rose 1.95% to 1,256.00, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI ) which was up 1.26% to settle at 1,718.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN ) which gained 1.20% to close at 3,076.30.

The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR ) which was down 3.01% to 532.90 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which lost 2.47% to settle at 7,032.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI ) which was down 2.05% to 2,689.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1282 to 1192 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1979 rose and 1795 declined, while 108 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.58% to 12.92.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 7.10 to $2,672.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 5.03% or 3.71 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.79% or 3.71 to trade at $73.75 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.04% to 84.03, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 91.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.87.

Source: Investing.com