Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Public Sector Undertakings and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.21%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 9.89% or 71.35 points to trade at 793.00 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 4.67% or 110.90 points to end at 2485.00 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 4.36% or 12.80 points to 306.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI), which lost 3.79% or 18.65 points to trade at 473.00 in late trade. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.10% or 13.30 points to end at 415.45 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 3.00% or 106.40 points to 3438.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 10.08% to 793.70, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 4.69% to settle at 2485.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 3.09% to close at 788.55.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 3.79% to 473.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.99% to settle at 3437.50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.20% to 171.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1184 to 420 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1781 rose and 889 declined, while 171 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.31% to 21.1900.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 3.70 to $1951.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.14 to hit $37.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.17 to trade at $39.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.03% to 73.448, while EUR/INR rose 0.16% to 87.1985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.020.