Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, IT and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 4.90% to hit a new 52-week low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 5.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 32.20% or 5.20 points to trade at 21.35 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 5.45% or 21.95 points to end at 425.05 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) was up 2.85% or 5.80 points to 209.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 15.99% or 14.15 points to trade at 74.35 in late trade. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 15.26% or 16.95 points to end at 94.10 and Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) shed 13.10% or 166.50 points to 1104.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which fell 0.48% to 1869.45, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.29% to settle at 103.65 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.67% to close at 463.10.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 16.26% to 74.65 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 12.35% to settle at 1113.15 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 10.66% to 906.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1404 to 174 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2083 fell and 327 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 20.11% to 30.8000 a new 5-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.34% or 5.75 to $1678.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 21.54% or 8.89 to hit $32.39 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 20.54% or 9.30 to trade at $35.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 74.067, while EUR/INR rose 1.15% to 84.5185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.80% at 95.170.