Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Capital Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty lost 0.19%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which rose 3.13% or 16.90 points to trade at 556.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 2.13% or 25.25 points to end at 1208.85 and Yes Bank Ltd. (NS:YESB) was up 1.76% or 13.35 points to 772.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Auto Limited (NS:BAJA), which fell 4.62% or 117.80 points to trade at 2432.65 at the close. NMDC Ltd (NS:NMDC) declined 4.34% or 4.35 points to end at 95.90 and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) was down 3.69% or 3.10 points to 80.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 2.25% to 1209.15, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was up 1.59% to settle at 325.00 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which gained 1.19% to close at 959.15.
The worst performers were Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 4.85% to 2426.00 in late trade, Hindalco Industries Ltd. (BO:HALC) which lost 3.69% to settle at 80.95 and TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was down 3.28% to 238.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 887 to 552 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 458 fell and 326 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 8.93% to 19.4775.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.39% or 4.50 to $1136.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.49% or 0.69 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.41% or 0.70 to trade at $48.86 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 65.606, while EUR/INR rose 0.44% to 72.3150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.87.