Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.34% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 0.18% or 2.75 points to trade at 1,561.00 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 0.14% or 10.75 points to end at 7,779.95 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) was down 0.12% or 6.85 points to 5,562.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LTIMindtree Ltd (NS:LTIM), which lost 3.92% or 212.20 points to trade at 5,204.00 in late trade. Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL) declined 3.84% or 91.95 points to end at 2,301.80 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) shed 3.07% or 14.50 points to 457.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which rose 0.36% to 7,794.40, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 0.35% to settle at 1,563.65 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which lost 0.29% to close at 929.75.
The worst performers were LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 3.97% to 5,202.00 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 2.52% to settle at 120.00 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.44% to 3,409.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1953 to 159 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3090 fell and 611 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 0.81% to 10.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 6.55 to $1,987.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.56 to hit $87.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.43 to trade at $91.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.08% to 83.17, while EUR/INR rose 0.02% to 88.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.99.