Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.94% or 17.80 points to trade at 622.45 at the close. Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 1.23% or 4.05 points to end at 332.45 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.15% or 6.05 points to 530.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which lost 4.22% or 11.00 points to trade at 249.55 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) declined 3.21% or 17.75 points to end at 535.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) shed 3.21% or 8.70 points to 262.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 1.19% to 332.65, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 0.58% to settle at 1109.35 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 0.33% to close at 3191.45.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.84% to 250.50 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 3.22% to settle at 535.55 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.16% to 263.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1025 to 460 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1630 fell and 1016 advanced, while 205 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.95% to 14.5650.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1341.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.24% or 0.55 to hit $45.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 0.71 to trade at $47.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 66.650, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 74.9650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 95.25.