Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Metals and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.68%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 2.13% or 73.60 points to trade at 3530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 1.80% or 19.05 points to end at 1075.50 and Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) was up 1.43% or 9.05 points to 643.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 4.96% or 7.05 points to trade at 135.05 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) declined 4.70% or 19.95 points to end at 404.90 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was down 3.18% or 17.85 points to 543.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 1.97% to 1076.40, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.39% to settle at 1359.65 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.24% to close at 567.25.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 4.78% to 404.75 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 3.22% to settle at 543.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 2.87% to 179.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1050 to 611 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1542 fell and 1071 advanced, while 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT) rose to all time highs; up 2.13% or 73.60 to 3530.00.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.61% to 28.9100.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 4.10 to $1784.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.09 to hit $38.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.05 to trade at $40.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.14% to 75.503, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 85.1595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 97.138.