Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.27%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which rose 2.84% or 58.75 points to trade at 2126.75 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 1.66% or 9.00 points to end at 552.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.66% or 12.65 points to 773.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which fell 2.37% or 18.55 points to trade at 763.10 at the close. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 2.29% or 8.65 points to end at 368.35 and ITC Ltd (NS:ITC) was down 1.92% or 4.65 points to 236.90.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.70% to 2127.55, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was up 1.65% to settle at 552.30 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 1.60% to close at 773.55.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 1.97% to 236.90 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which lost 1.80% to settle at 421.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 1.57% to 1973.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 896 to 680 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1287 fell and 1083 advanced, while 206 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.86% to 13.4150.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1481.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $60.01 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.12 to trade at $65.34 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 71.005, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 79.1000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 96.575.