Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty declined 0.46%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NSE:BHEL), which rose 2.37% or 6.30 points to trade at 272.45 at the close. Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) added 1.58% or 42.10 points to end at 2703.95 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) was up 0.99% or 44.20 points to 4497.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NSE:ONGC), which lost 2.76% or 7.80 points to trade at 275.05 in late trade. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NSE:MAHM) declined 2.20% or 30.60 points to end at 1359.70 and Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) shed 1.96% or 7.70 points to 385.70.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 2.01% to 271.15, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which was up 1.67% to settle at 2704.85 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 1.03% to close at 4497.70.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.55% to 275.10 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 1.96% to settle at 1360.45 and NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.91% to 131.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 828 to 622 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 466 fell and 288 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 3.72% to 15.4650.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.50 to $1093.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.37 to trade at $49.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 63.880, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 69.8300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 97.94.