Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, IT and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.20%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 4.04% or 39.55 points to trade at 1,018.10 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.63% or 4.80 points to end at 187.65 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 2.11% or 4.80 points to 232.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which lost 3.36% or 149.60 points to trade at 4,304.75 in late trade. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 2.96% or 77.85 points to end at 2,552.50 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) shed 2.91% or 71.65 points to 2,386.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 4.17% to 1,019.00, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.54% to settle at 157.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.20% to close at 232.60.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 2.95% to 2,386.60 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which lost 2.74% to settle at 495.05 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 2.01% to 1,231.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1260 to 585 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2152 fell and 1205 advanced, while 179 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.47% to 20.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.71% or 32.63 to $1,879.07 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.89% or 3.03 to hit $101.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.45% or 2.63 to trade at $104.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 76.50, while EUR/INR fell 0.19% to 80.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 103.39.