Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Asian Paints Ltd. (NSE:ASPN), which rose 5.24% or 41.05 points to trade at 824.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) added 2.18% or 9.15 points to end at 428.90 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NSE:ULTC) was up 1.91% or 59.25 points to 3161.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT), which fell 3.47% or 33.65 points to trade at 936.30 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) declined 2.97% or 4.85 points to end at 158.55 and NTPC Limited (NSE:NTPC) was down 2.57% or 3.55 points to 134.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 2.06% to 428.60, Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which was up 1.47% to settle at 1337.35 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 0.66% to close at 553.45.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.76% to 158.55 in late trade, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.61% to settle at 134.35 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was down 1.91% to 2562.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 879 to 565 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 432 rose and 315 declined, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coal India Limited (NSE:COAL) rose to all time highs; rising 2.18% or 9.15 to 428.90. Shares in Vedanta Ltd (NSE:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.97% or 4.85 to 158.55. Shares in Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) rose to all time highs; rising 2.06% or 8.65 to 428.60. Shares in Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.76% or 4.50 to 158.55.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.81% to 16.3075.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.10 to $1164.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.18 to trade at $57.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 63.480, while EUR/INR fell 0.43% to 69.6470.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 97.10.