Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 2.58% or 70.90 points to trade at 2,813.90 at the close. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) added 2.48% or 9.05 points to end at 373.70 and UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) was up 2.41% or 271.50 points to 11,529.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which lost 9.31% or 51.85 points to trade at 505.35 in late trade. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 3.39% or 105.50 points to end at 3,004.80 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) shed 3.25% or 59.25 points to 1,762.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 2.58% to 373.90, UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which was up 2.34% to settle at 11,532.00 and HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which gained 2.15% to close at 1,641.60.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 9.28% to 505.55 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 3.46% to settle at 3,002.00 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.30% to 1,761.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1315 to 974 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2099 rose and 1755 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.13% to 15.44 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 9.05 to $2,408.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $78.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.20 to trade at $82.43 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.66, while EUR/INR fell 0.04% to 91.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 103.96.