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 fell 1.07%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL), which rose 2.87% or 78.10 points to trade at 2800.35 at the close. ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) added 1.12% or 2.60 points to end at 233.75 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) was up 1.06% or 178.75 points to 17018.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which lost 9.58% or 132.80 points to trade at 1253.10 in late trade. JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) declined 7.20% or 49.10 points to end at 633.20 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 6.06% or 28.65 points to 444.40.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 2.84% to 2798.25, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which was up 1.10% to settle at 17024.00 and ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which gained 1.08% to close at 233.60.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 9.53% to 1253.35 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 3.69% to settle at 437.30 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.50% to 1090.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1380 to 367 and 42 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2224 fell and 976 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 14.84% to 17.4925 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 7.85 to $1759.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.03% or 1.46 to hit $70.36 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.27 to trade at $74.07 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.00% to 73.636, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 86.2505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.317.