Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.24%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB), which rose 2.32% or 3.25 points to trade at 143.45 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 1.53% or 1.60 points to end at 106.25 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 1.46% or 15.30 points to 1064.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 2.62% or 9.40 points to trade at 348.75 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Limited (NS:BHRI) declined 2.26% or 8.700 points to end at 375.850 and Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML) shed 2.19% or 12.10 points to 539.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 1.67% to 106.35, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was up 1.51% to settle at 460.75 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which gained 1.33% to close at 106.85.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.62% to 348.80 in late trade, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which lost 2.01% to settle at 4135.15 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 1.67% to 725.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 803 to 642 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 867 fell and 711 advanced, while 44 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.40% to 15.3550.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1243.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.01% or 0.49 to hit $49.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.48 to trade at $50.12 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.05% to 67.031, while EUR/INR fell 0.24% to 75.9730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 94.25.