Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 5.99% or 50.75 points to trade at 894.75 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.37% or 16.75 points to end at 724.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 1.93% or 11.05 points to 582.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 7.17% or 17.30 points to trade at 225.05 in late trade. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 4.58% or 8.95 points to end at 186.05 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) shed 4.55% or 6.45 points to 135.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.67% to 582.90, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.59% to settle at 1155.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.45% to close at 664.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.84% to 185.95 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 3.82% to settle at 2837.50 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.10% to 101.75 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1013 to 585 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1498 fell and 1010 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.02% to 19.3675.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.80% or 0.48 to hit $60.67 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 1.01 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.36% to 72.925, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 82.1305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 97.28.