Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 1.28% or 8.45 points to trade at 667.00 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 1.45% or 11.25 points to end at 787.15 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.24% or 25.30 points to 2070.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which lost 4.76% or 42.95 points to trade at 859.35 in late trade. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 4.26% or 11.25 points to end at 252.80 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 4.01% or 6.35 points to 152.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.44% to 767.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.07% to settle at 665.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.05% to close at 158.10.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.66% to 260.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.57% to settle at 3028.80 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.51% to 186.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 952 to 624 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1469 fell and 1033 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.57% to 20.1525 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.95 to $1301.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.63% to 69.665, while EUR/INR rose 0.97% to 78.3320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.815.