Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Oil & Gas and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.97%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN), which rose 5.99% or 50.75 points to trade at 894.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.37% or 16.75 points to end at 724.55 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was up 1.93% or 11.05 points to 582.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which fell 7.17% or 17.30 points to trade at 225.05 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) declined 4.58% or 8.95 points to end at 186.05 and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (NS:IOC) was down 4.55% or 6.45 points to 135.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.67% to 582.90, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was up 1.59% to settle at 1155.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 0.45% to close at 664.45.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 4.84% to 185.95 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which lost 3.82% to settle at 2837.50 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which was down 3.10% to 101.75 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1013 to 585 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1498 fell and 1010 advanced, while 151 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.02% to 19.3675.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1207.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.75% or 0.45 to hit $60.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.95 to trade at $71.13 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.34% to 72.915, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 82.1320.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 97.28.