Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, IT and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.17%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which rose 4.78% or 14.65 points to trade at 322.10 at the close. Meanwhile, ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 4.07% or 11.50 points to end at 293.00 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was up 3.61% or 6.05 points to 173.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.97% or 7.05 points to trade at 231.00 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) declined 2.95% or 7.05 points to end at 232.20 and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) was down 2.31% or 8.75 points to 370.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which rose 3.61% to 292.50, Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was up 1.97% to settle at 183.60 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which gained 1.83% to close at 308.75.
The worst performers were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.70% to 232.30 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 1.97% to settle at 1314.05 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.67% to 371.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1103 to 512 and 45 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1671 fell and 902 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.95% or 7.05 to 232.20. Shares in Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.70% or 6.45 to 232.30.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.57% to 12.3800.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 4.80 to $1283.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.54 to trade at $73.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.64% to 68.035, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 79.0220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 94.43.