Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.58% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 4.53% or 95.30 points to trade at 2198.45 at the close. Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) added 2.14% or 5.90 points to end at 281.15 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 1.84% or 12.95 points to 718.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which lost 7.55% or 80.20 points to trade at 981.95 in late trade. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) declined 6.94% or 1940.20 points to end at 25852.80 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) shed 6.65% or 63.85 points to 896.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 4.51% to 2198.70, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was up 2.10% to settle at 281.45 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 1.56% to close at 717.30.
The worst performers were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 6.46% to 895.40 in late trade, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which lost 6.22% to settle at 1721.05 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 4.94% to 1674.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1412 to 228 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2058 fell and 499 advanced, while 148 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 12.18% to 17.4275 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.40 to $1203.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.70% or 1.20 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.75 to trade at $79.99 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.53% to 72.595, while EUR/INR rose 0.61% to 85.4155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.68.