Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.96% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which rose 3.88% or 27.75 points to trade at 742.10 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) added 1.07% or 34.40 points to end at 3261.25 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 0.99% or 6.45 points to 657.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which lost 5.70% or 426.65 points to trade at 7058.30 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 5.02% or 7.75 points to end at 146.55 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) shed 4.73% or 847.50 points to 17073.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which rose 3.90% to 742.05, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was up 1.14% to settle at 3263.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which gained 0.99% to close at 194.25.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was down 5.74% to 7061.65 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which lost 4.69% to settle at 17073.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 4.42% to 2363.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1529 to 256 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2419 fell and 883 advanced, while 161 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 17.92% to 17.5200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 12.45 to $1839.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 74.381, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 83.9355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.097.