Nifty ends at 8220, Sensex ends in red; Tata Motors, Wipro up

The market on Tuesday ended lower with the Nifty trading below 8250. The 50-share index closed down 18.60 points or 0.2 percent at 8219.90 while the Sensex was down 54.14 points or 0.2 percent at 26812.78.

Shares such as ONGC, Wipro, Tata Motors and HDFC were amongst the top gainers while NTPC, Axis Bank, Adani Ports, BHEL and Asian Paints were losers in the Sensex.

Equity benchmarks remained marginally lower. The Sensex declined 53.59 points to 26813.33 and the Nifty fell 17.30 points to 8221.20.

Tata Power Renewable Energy has won 30 mw solar grid connected photovoltaic project in Maharashtra. A unit of Tata Power, TPREL has received the letter of intent (LoI) to develop the project and will sign a 25-year power purchase agreement with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam.

"The project has been awarded in the DCR (Domestic Content Requirement) category under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) Phase-II Batch-III tranche-I under 'State Specific Bundling Scheme," Tata Power said in a statement today.