Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.99% to hit a new 3-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 1.21% or 2.00 points to trade at 167.00 at the close. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI) added 1.06% or 92.20 points to end at 8773.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) was up 1.12% or 2.15 points to 194.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 4.61% or 44.60 points to trade at 926.50 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 4.37% or 26.20 points to end at 574.95 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 4.13% or 17.20 points to 399.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 1.12% to 194.40, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 1.03% to settle at 167.05 and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which gained 0.95% to close at 1279.70.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.24% to 575.05 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 4.16% to settle at 400.80 and Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 2.60% to 288.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1406 to 218 and 30 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2142 fell and 549 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.94% to 15.8200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1312.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $62.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.12 to trade at $66.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 65.065, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 80.0183.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.68.