Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Durables and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.42%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which rose 5.29% or 17.55 points to trade at 349.35 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 1.85% or 66.10 points to end at 3,645.40 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was up 1.11% or 5.35 points to 487.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL), which lost 2.24% or 30.50 points to trade at 1,328.35 in late trade. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) declined 1.25% or 92.95 points to end at 7,363.95 and Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) shed 1.24% or 24.10 points to 1,922.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 0.90% to 1,540.30, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 0.43% to settle at 245.60 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.38% to close at 212.70.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 1.32% to 7,359.55 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.00% to settle at 1,374.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.96% to 1,131.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1238 to 846 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1998 fell and 1697 advanced, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.41% to 11.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 3.80 to $1,941.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $77.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $81.53 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 83.31, while EUR/INR rose 0.13% to 89.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.64.