Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.49% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which rose 3.94% or 15.60 points to trade at 411.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) added 2.63% or 4.40 points to end at 171.45 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) was up 2.33% or 105.40 points to 4628.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which fell 5.78% or 46.45 points to trade at 756.95 at the close. Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL) declined 3.91% or 5.90 points to end at 144.90 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) was down 3.60% or 6.90 points to 184.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 3.89% to 411.65, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was up 2.54% to settle at 4637.60 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.59% to close at 342.25.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 5.82% to 756.90 in late trade, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which lost 3.86% to settle at 184.40 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was down 3.44% to 3504.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 826 to 605 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 451 rose and 323 declined, while 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.78% or 46.45 to 756.95. Shares in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.60% or 6.90 to 184.55. Shares in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.82% or 46.80 to 756.90. Shares in Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.86% or 7.40 to 184.40.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 12.49% to 17.0400.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.51% or 5.60 to $1093.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.18 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $48.44 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.45% to 66.371, while EUR/INR rose 0.77% to 71.5800.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 98.97.