Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 0.53%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM), which rose 1.28% or 8.45 points to trade at 667.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 1.45% or 11.25 points to end at 787.15 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 1.24% or 25.30 points to 2070.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF), which fell 4.76% or 42.95 points to trade at 859.35 at the close. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) declined 4.26% or 11.25 points to end at 252.80 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was down 4.01% or 6.35 points to 152.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.44% to 767.15, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 1.07% to settle at 665.10 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.05% to close at 158.10.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.66% to 260.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which lost 2.57% to settle at 3028.80 and Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was down 2.51% to 186.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 952 to 624 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1469 fell and 1033 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.44% or 10.90 to 767.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.57% to 20.1525 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.46% or 5.95 to $1301.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.44 to trade at $70.78 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.63% to 69.665, while EUR/INR rose 0.98% to 78.3355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.812.