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 0.12%, while the index fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were Titan Company Ltd (NS:), which rose 6.56% or 213.55 points to trade at 3,468.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ITC Ltd (NS:) added 6.49% or 30.30 points to end at 496.85 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) was up 4.23% or 50.95 points to 1,255.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:), which fell 3.28% or 92.60 points to trade at 2,734.80 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:) declined 3.00% or 109.45 points to end at 3,542.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:) was down 2.97% or 19.95 points to 652.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which rose 6.71% to 3,471.00, ITC Ltd (BO:) which was up 6.58% to settle at 497.00 and NTPC Ltd (BO:) which gained 2.53% to close at 383.00.
The worst performers were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:) which was down 3.02% to 3,541.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which lost 2.07% to settle at 6,740.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:) which was down 1.65% to 863.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1266 to 984 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2064 fell and 1681 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in ITC Ltd (NS:) rose to all time highs; rising 6.49% or 30.30 to 496.85. Shares in ITC Ltd (BO:) rose to all time highs; rising 6.58% or 30.70 to 497.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 17.43% to 12.75 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.59% or 14.20 to $2,408.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $78.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.17 to trade at $82.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 83.72, while EUR/INR fell 0.26% to 90.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.18.
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