Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, IT and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.03%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH), which rose 3.93% or 115.25 points to trade at 3,046.85 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) added 3.29% or 4.00 points to end at 125.50 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 3.03% or 26.85 points to 912.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 4.98% or 34.60 points to trade at 660.55 in late trade. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) declined 4.64% or 151.65 points to end at 3,113.80 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) shed 4.07% or 40.00 points to 943.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.04% to 912.70, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.86% to settle at 1,165.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 2.25% to close at 4,502.75.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 5.03% to 660.30 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 4.64% to settle at 3,113.25 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 4.10% to 943.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1198 to 635 and 60 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2019 rose and 1285 declined, while 155 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.15% to 18.37 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 7.00 to $1,735.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.28% or 2.39 to hit $102.40 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 1.93 to trade at $105.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 79.47, while EUR/INR fell 0.41% to 80.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 107.40.