Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Metals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL), which rose 5.38% or 47.90 points to trade at 936.55 at the close. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) added 1.64% or 1.80 points to end at 111.95 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.47% or 9.25 points to 634.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL), which lost 3.39% or 9.05 points to trade at 257.80 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) declined 3.01% or 5.15 points to end at 165.20 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) shed 3.27% or 644.20 points to 19098.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 2.19% to 111.95, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.31% to settle at 635.45 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 1.30% to close at 77.70.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.48% to 165.25 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.33% to settle at 486.15 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.23% to 168.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 936 to 660 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1390 fell and 1026 advanced, while 173 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.19% to 15.2225.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.73% or 10.25 to $1410.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $64.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.27% to 69.395, while EUR/INR rose 0.04% to 79.0845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.572.