– India stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power , Auto and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS: SHMF ), which rose 3.34% or 98.55 points to trade at 3,046.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Britannia Industries Ltd (NS: BRIT ) added 2.24% or 109.65 points to end at 5,013.60 and Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS: BAJE ) was up 1.90% or 5.55 points to 297.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS: ADEL ), which fell 4.74% or 107.00 points to trade at 2,150.50 at the close. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS: APSE ) declined 3.25% or 37.95 points to end at 1,128.85 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS: BAJA ) was down 3.01% or 283.50 points to 9,137.45.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO: ASPN ) which rose 1.76% to 2,504.00, Infosys Ltd (BO: INFY ) which was up 1.68% to settle at 1,920.85 and Wipro Ltd (BO: WIPR ) which gained 0.94% to close at 588.20.

The worst performers were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO: ULTC ) which was down 3.07% to 11,105.00 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO: SUN ) which lost 2.21% to settle at 1,764.75 and NTPC Ltd (BO: NTPC ) which was down 1.80% to 362.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1492 to 980 and 144 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2192 rose and 1561 declined, while 105 ended unchanged.

Shares in Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS: ADEL ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.74% or 107.00 to 2,150.50. Shares in Wipro Ltd (BO: WIPR ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.94% or 5.45 to 588.20.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.49% to 15.23.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 14.30 to $2,656.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.02% or 0.70 to hit $69.64 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.70 to trade at $73.18 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.07% to 84.33, while EUR/INR rose 0.28% to 88.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.76.