Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Consumer Durables and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.41%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART), which rose 2.43% or 82.20 points to trade at 3,470.15 at the close. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) added 2.07% or 5.85 points to end at 287.80 and Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) was up 1.66% or 54.45 points to 3,327.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 3.94% or 117.50 points to trade at 2,868.45 in late trade. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) declined 2.81% or 190.05 points to end at 6,584.00 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 2.47% or 12.80 points to 505.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which rose 2.36% to 3,469.80, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was up 1.97% to settle at 287.75 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 0.38% to close at 2,403.45.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.90% to 2,868.40 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 1.99% to settle at 1,295.50 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 1.99% to 142.60 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1321 to 862 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2157 fell and 1682 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.19% to 15.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 5.05 to $2,044.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.39% or 0.30 to hit $76.19 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.33 to trade at $80.47 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.01% to 82.88, while EUR/INR rose 0.22% to 89.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 103.73.