Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 4.78% or 14.65 points to trade at 322.10 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 4.07% or 11.50 points to end at 293.00 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 3.61% or 6.05 points to 173.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.97% or 7.05 points to trade at 231.00 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 2.95% or 7.05 points to end at 232.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.31% or 8.75 points to 370.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.61% to 292.50, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 1.97% to settle at 183.60 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.83% to close at 308.75.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.70% to 232.30 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 1.97% to settle at 1314.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.67% to 371.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1103 to 512 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1671 fell and 902 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.57% to 12.3800.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 4.80 to $1283.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.53 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.64% to 68.035, while EUR/INR rose 0.05% to 79.0330.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.44.