Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Power and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 2.38%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 2.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM), which rose 3.45% or 82.15 points to trade at 2466.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) added 3.25% or 109.20 points to end at 3468.90 and Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL) was down 0.30% or 2.00 points to 664.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which fell 6.66% or 11.30 points to trade at 158.40 at the close. TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC) declined 6.23% or 23.50 points to end at 353.60 and Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) was down 5.67% or 11.90 points to 198.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 3.31% to 3473.50, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 3.18% to settle at 2459.90 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which lost 0.20% to close at 664.00.
The worst performers were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 6.29% to 353.15 in late trade, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which lost 5.07% to settle at 222.65 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 4.98% to 218.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1164 to 260 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 574 fell and 114 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.67% or 11.90 to 198.05.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 10.31% to 20.5450 a new 1-month high.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.87% or 10.30 to $1193.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.88% or 1.11 to hit $60.37 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.09% or 1.37 to trade at $66.99 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 64.180, while EUR/INR rose 1.26% to 72.3020.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.79% at 94.36.