Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.27%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which rose 3.77% or 10.75 points to trade at 294.95 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 2.04% or 12.45 points to end at 624.40 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) was up 2.13% or 15.15 points to 724.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL), which lost 7.35% or 44.60 points to trade at 563.05 in late trade. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) declined 5.16% or 7.65 points to end at 140.30 and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) shed 4.35% or 37.90 points to 834.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which rose 3.45% to 295.30, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.35% to settle at 624.30 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.52% to close at 323.95.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.29% to 1491.70 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 2.72% to settle at 153.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.18% to 185.85 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 823 to 765 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1289 fell and 1249 advanced, while 153 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.87% to 19.4825.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.50 to $1233.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $62.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 73.075, while EUR/INR rose 0.79% to 83.1540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.32.