India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.45%

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 0.45%, while the index declined 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:), which rose 3.13% or 98.75 points to trade at 3259.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) added 1.70% or 151.70 points to end at 9089.75 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.58% or 31.90 points to 2051.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:), which fell 7.57% or 4.85 points to trade at 59.50 at the close. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:) declined 6.42% or 17.05 points to end at 248.45 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:) was down 5.20% or 21.90 points to 399.65.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.20% to 3261.35, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.46% to settle at 2050.40 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:) which gained 0.82% to close at 1646.45.

The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:) which was down 7.10% to 59.50 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 5.07% to settle at 399.45 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:) which was down 4.51% to 66.75 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1091 to 466 and 59 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1521 fell and 838 advanced, while 187 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.53% to 14.5625 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 6.75 to $1475.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $60.91 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.14% to 71.718, while EUR/INR rose 0.07% to 79.3880.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.800.

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