India stocks mixed at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.10%

Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Capital Goods , Public Sector Undertakings and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS:BAJE ), which rose 2.90% or 8.25 points to trade at 293.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC ) added 2.84% or 6.60 points to end at 239.25 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM ) was up 2.61% or 45.35 points to 1,786.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL ), which fell 2.46% or 63.70 points to trade at 2,528.65 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML ) declined 1.99% or 34.65 points to end at 1,706.20 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS ) was down 1.54% or 64.00 points to 4,094.80.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM ) which rose 2.58% to 1,787.95, ITC Ltd (BO:ITC ) which was up 1.54% to settle at 484.45 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC ) which gained 1.10% to close at 11,420.05.

The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML ) which was down 2.38% to 1,705.00 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS ) which lost 1.26% to settle at 4,106.45 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY ) which was down 0.94% to 1,887.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1578 to 910 and 149 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2219 rose and 1569 declined, while 101 ended unchanged.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.20% to 14.42.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.27% or 7.04 to $2,625.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.51 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.44 to trade at $74.43 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.22% to 85.67, while EUR/INR rose 0.24% to 89.17.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.84.

Source: Investing.com