Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.95% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 3.60% or 22.00 points to trade at 630.85 at the close. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) added 2.23% or 11.95 points to end at 548.55 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.15% or 65.30 points to 3105.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which lost 5.07% or 18.80 points to trade at 352.05 in late trade. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) declined 4.98% or 12.00 points to end at 229.60 and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN) shed 3.91% or 24.40 points to 600.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 2.50% to 547.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 2.21% to settle at 3104.30 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 0.81% to close at 738.95.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 5.04% to 352.15 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which lost 3.92% to settle at 199.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 2.95% to 655.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1295 to 321 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1976 fell and 708 advanced, while 141 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.40% to 15.3950.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1327.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.59% or 0.36 to hit $61.61 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.23 to trade at $64.60 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.18% to 65.085, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 80.2233.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.92.