Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC), which rose 3.47% or 363.10 points to trade at 10,826.25 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:HROM) added 2.51% or 140.35 points to end at 5,722.20 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 2.47% or 37.00 points to 1,534.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which lost 2.70% or 37.25 points to trade at 1,340.35 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.21% or 33.85 points to end at 1,499.75 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.88% or 9.10 points to 475.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were UltraTech Cement Ltd (BO:ULTC) which rose 3.19% to 10,796.05, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 2.13% to settle at 315.95 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which gained 1.81% to close at 2,548.85.
The worst performers were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.65% to 1,341.00 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.26% to settle at 1,498.75 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.81% to 475.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1527 to 733 and 23 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2533 rose and 1309 declined, while 130 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 2.87% to 16.40 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 11.35 to $2,313.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $75.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.53, while EUR/INR fell 1.29% to 89.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.98.