Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Metals and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.84% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK), which rose 2.90% or 12.05 points to trade at 429.35 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 0.96% or 9.60 points to end at 1015.45 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) was up 1.13% or 16.00 points to 1432.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which lost 12.07% or 75.35 points to trade at 559.70 in late trade. Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS) declined 9.59% or 83.95 points to end at 795.65 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 6.35% or 9.35 points to 137.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.32% to 429.30, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.40% to settle at 1015.45 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 1.16% to close at 1432.35.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 6.52% to 137.60 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 5.86% to settle at 66.70 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 5.09% to 155.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1164 to 412 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1593 fell and 776 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.67% to 13.0625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1419.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.21 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.39 to trade at $62.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 68.850, while EUR/INR fell 0.05% to 76.5850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.808.