Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which rose 2.15% or 6.40 points to trade at 303.75 at the close. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) added 2.08% or 80.60 points to end at 3,947.30 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.43% or 20.75 points to 1,469.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which lost 4.16% or 40.50 points to trade at 933.95 in late trade. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) declined 3.34% or 83.05 points to end at 2,400.75 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 2.21% or 18.05 points to 798.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which rose 2.74% to 305.40, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which was up 2.33% to settle at 3,955.95 and JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which gained 1.04% to close at 1,013.35.
The worst performers were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 3.26% to 2,403.05 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 2.21% to settle at 798.70 and Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 1.64% to 1,166.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1363 to 1156 and 141 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2231 rose and 1661 declined, while 165 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.07% to 14.13 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.72% or 19.11 to $2,678.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.35% or 0.91 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.81 to trade at $71.93 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 84.73, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 89.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 105.53.