Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 2.13% or 73.60 points to trade at 3530.00 at the close. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 1.80% or 19.05 points to end at 1075.50 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 1.43% or 9.05 points to 643.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 4.96% or 7.05 points to trade at 135.05 in late trade. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 4.70% or 19.95 points to end at 404.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) shed 3.18% or 17.85 points to 543.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 1.97% to 1076.40, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.39% to settle at 1359.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.24% to close at 567.25.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 4.78% to 404.75 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 3.22% to settle at 543.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.87% to 179.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1050 to 611 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1542 fell and 1071 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.61% to 28.9100.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 4.05 to $1784.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.09 to hit $38.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.05 to trade at $40.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 75.503, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 85.1595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 97.138.