Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Green Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 2.63% or 24.65 points to trade at 960.70 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 2.08% or 19.60 points to end at 962.05 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.93% or 3.80 points to 200.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which lost 3.83% or 45.25 points to trade at 1,135.85 in late trade. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 3.30% or 82.70 points to end at 2,420.40 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) shed 2.50% or 220.95 points to 8,610.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 2.66% to 960.90, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 1.99% to settle at 961.55 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which gained 1.25% to close at 3,104.60.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.80% to 1,135.45 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 3.31% to settle at 2,420.15 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.41% to 8,613.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1113 to 748 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1841 fell and 1455 advanced, while 174 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 6.19% to 17.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.65 to $1,729.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.84% or 0.80 to hit $95.50 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.55 to trade at $98.93 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 79.77, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 81.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 106.36.