Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Public Sector Undertakings, Metals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.62% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 2.48% or 411.05 points to trade at 17013.40 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 2.48% or 13.25 points to end at 547.60 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) was up 2.23% or 351.35 points to 16130.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 8.82% or 3.05 points to trade at 31.55 in late trade. State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) declined 5.08% or 15.40 points to end at 287.60 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) shed 4.64% or 17.70 points to 364.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 2.36% to 546.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 2.28% to settle at 16130.70 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.93% to close at 505.60.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 5.10% to 287.45 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 4.55% to settle at 364.20 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 3.62% to 1974.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 993 to 543 and 113 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1440 fell and 892 advanced, while 144 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.47% to 25.2025 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 2.79% or 43.65 to $1610.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.89% or 0.94 to trade at $50.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 72.445, while EUR/INR rose 0.67% to 80.3305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 97.688.