Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.48%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 15.40% or 28.40 points to trade at 212.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Punjab National Bank (NSE:PNBK) added 4.24% or 7.05 points to end at 173.30 and State Bank Of India (NSE:SBI) was up 4.19% or 11.25 points to 279.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cipla Ltd. (NSE:CIPL), which fell 4.93% or 36.45 points to trade at 703.15 at the close. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) declined 2.68% or 2.50 points to end at 90.65 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NSE:ZEE) was down 2.55% or 10.70 points to 409.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which rose 3.99% to 246.55, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 3.95% to settle at 279.05 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 2.17% to close at 345.50.
The worst performers were Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 4.95% to 703.85 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 2.63% to settle at 90.85 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.37% to 264.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 723 to 712 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 391 fell and 363 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NSE:HALC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.68% or 2.50 to 90.65. Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.63% or 2.45 to 90.85. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.37% or 6.40 to 264.15.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 2.76% to 16.4625.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.70 to $1116.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.85% or 0.36 to hit $42.74 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.27% to 65.305, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 72.4820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.72.