Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.54%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 3.19% or 31.95 points to trade at 1034.55 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 2.40% or 76.00 points to end at 3241.00 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.28% or 9.50 points to 425.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 5.74% or 302.65 points to trade at 4969.50 in late trade. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) declined 5.54% or 55.05 points to end at 938.25 and State Bank Of India (NS:SBI) shed 4.49% or 16.65 points to 354.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 3.08% to 1033.45, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.32% to settle at 3239.30 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.79% to close at 1410.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 5.81% to 4963.70 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 5.64% to settle at 937.35 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 4.56% to 353.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1179 to 513 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1828 fell and 1020 advanced, while 177 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.14% to 21.2150.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 3.65 to $1724.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.81% or 1.11 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.88% or 1.22 to trade at $63.64 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 73.311, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 86.1120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 93.055.