Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.72%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 2.58% or 155.90 points to trade at 6,204.70 at the close. Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) added 1.92% or 49.05 points to end at 2,610.00 and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) was up 1.56% or 23.60 points to 1,534.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN), which lost 3.06% or 38.55 points to trade at 1,223.00 in late trade. Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) declined 2.47% or 219.65 points to end at 8,659.40 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 2.43% or 7.10 points to 285.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which rose 1.85% to 2,607.10, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was up 1.21% to settle at 6,400.00 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 0.83% to close at 1,595.70.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.53% to 285.15 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.19% to settle at 153.80 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.80% to 774.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1872 to 335 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2929 fell and 880 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.81% to 13.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.30 to $2,185.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $77.95 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $82.05 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.01% to 82.76, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 90.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 102.32.