Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Carbon sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.74% or 9.70 points to trade at 364.00 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) added 1.88% or 4.75 points to end at 258.35 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was up 0.95% or 279.95 points to 29663.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN), which lost 2.86% or 19.05 points to trade at 646.20 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 2.82% or 7.75 points to end at 266.85 and Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) shed 2.53% or 67.60 points to 2604.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which rose 0.70% to 201.50, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 0.40% to settle at 2071.60 and Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (BO:APSE) which gained 0.37% to close at 381.45.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 2.85% to 646.15 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 2.38% to settle at 1880.40 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.35% to 260.20 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 880 to 719 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1411 fell and 1234 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.71% to 14.4950.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1202.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.67% or 0.46 to hit $69.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.50 to trade at $78.59 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.44% to 72.425, while EUR/INR rose 1.09% to 84.4405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.31.