Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Auto, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.13%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 4.04% or 25.65 points to trade at 659.80 at the close. Shriram Finance Ltd. (NS:SHMF) added 3.47% or 103.50 points to end at 3,085.00 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.32% or 11.05 points to 343.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 2.59% or 73.45 points to trade at 2,767.00 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 1.17% or 116.15 points to end at 9,772.00 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) shed 1.07% or 14.65 points to 1,349.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.04% to 154.10, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 1.62% to settle at 4,488.15 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which gained 1.46% to close at 403.95.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 2.55% to 2,768.15 in late trade, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1,350.00 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.02% to 1,469.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1804 to 689 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2595 rose and 1272 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.46% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 6.00 to $2,531.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.02% or 0.77 to hit $74.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.79 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.01% to 83.87, while EUR/INR rose 0.08% to 92.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 102.08.