Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.42% or 9.20 points to trade at 390.35 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) added 1.91% or 5.45 points to end at 292.25 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.09% or 23.20 points to 2157.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE), which lost 6.42% or 26.40 points to trade at 387.75 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 5.06% or 8.90 points to end at 166.25 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 5.47% or 62.65 points to 1082.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which rose 1.12% to 307.00, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.04% to settle at 2154.70 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 0.69% to close at 333.40.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 5.30% to 166.30 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 4.88% to settle at 95.50 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.49% to 200.10 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1089 to 501 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1536 fell and 860 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.99% to 26.4325 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1283.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.07% or 0.66 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.49 to trade at $70.36 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.25% to 69.348, while EUR/INR rose 0.36% to 77.6510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.333.