Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NSE:ULTC), which rose 4.04% or 130.25 points to trade at 3353.85 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NSE:ASPN) added 3.26% or 26.90 points to end at 852.30 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was up 2.53% or 23.75 points to 963.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK), which lost 2.42% or 3.50 points to trade at 141.30 in late trade. Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB) declined 2.11% or 3.30 points to end at 152.95 and ACC Ltd (NSE:ACC) shed 2.08% or 30.90 points to 1455.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which rose 1.91% to 109.45, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 1.09% to settle at 3922.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 0.98% to close at 1311.05.
The worst performers were Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 2.04% to 74.40 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.89% to settle at 391.20 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 1.44% to 143.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 770 to 672 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 394 rose and 365 declined, while 1 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.06% to 14.9600.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 1.82% or 20.60 to $1111.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.47 to trade at $56.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 63.605, while EUR/INR rose 0.27% to 68.9480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 98.10.