Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.73%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.21% or 21.80 points to trade at 1008.65 at the close. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 1.09% or 5.00 points to end at 463.75 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 1.05% or 15.10 points to 1452.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL), which lost 4.59% or 6.70 points to trade at 139.30 in late trade. Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) declined 3.53% or 3.65 points to end at 99.85 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) shed 3.50% or 8.85 points to 243.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 0.70% to 3086.20, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.60% to settle at 746.05 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 0.49% to close at 370.90.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.38% to 244.10 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 3.33% to settle at 323.80 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.83% to 444.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 900 to 544 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 960 fell and 623 advanced, while 55 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.84% to 16.5825.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.92% or 11.70 to $1287.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.22% or 0.60 to hit $48.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.51 to trade at $50.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 67.110, while EUR/INR rose 0.45% to 75.6860.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.56.