Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Power and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.63%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which rose 2.40% or 46.60 points to trade at 1996.00 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 1.65% or 20.20 points to end at 1239.40 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 1.43% or 12.90 points to 914.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which lost 4.49% or 55.40 points to trade at 1173.95 in late trade. HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) declined 3.05% or 64.40 points to end at 2046.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) shed 2.74% or 10.50 points to 372.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which rose 2.86% to 1996.95, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.59% to settle at 1239.60 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 1.27% to close at 913.00.
The worst performers were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which was down 2.99% to 2046.55 in late trade, Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which lost 2.87% to settle at 376.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 2.77% to 372.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1367 to 247 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2090 fell and 539 advanced, while 150 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.30% to 13.8825.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1298.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.10 to trade at $75.69 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 67.145, while EUR/INR rose 0.75% to 78.6943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 93.78.