Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.91%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 1.52% or 17.30 points to trade at 1158.60 at the close. Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) added 0.34% or 0.85 points to end at 252.15 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was down 0.21% or 0.40 points to 193.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 4.52% or 189.45 points to trade at 3996.70 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 4.47% or 7.05 points to end at 150.55 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 4.46% or 12.20 points to 261.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 0.10% to 193.15, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 0.02% to settle at 2200.00 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 0.26% to close at 1653.50.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 4.63% to 3998.20 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 4.47% to settle at 150.65 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 4.43% to 318.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1311 to 250 and 71 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1856 fell and 575 advanced, while 167 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 16.40% to 14.7775 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.70% or 26.35 to $1578.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.02% or 0.64 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.87 to trade at $69.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 71.980, while EUR/INR rose 0.58% to 80.5820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.287.