Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.10%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 1.69% or 5.20 points to trade at 312.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NTPC Limited (NS:NTPC) added 0.88% or 1.45 points to end at 165.50 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 0.67% or 14.75 points to 2210.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ), which fell 3.54% or 7.65 points to trade at 208.40 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 3.54% or 22.45 points to end at 612.20 and Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) was down 3.30% or 753.55 points to 22090.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which rose 1.43% to 311.30, NTPC Limited (BO:NTPC) which was up 0.82% to settle at 165.45 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 0.58% to close at 2206.25.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 3.33% to 910.25 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 2.56% to settle at 444.60 and Bajaj Auto Limited (BO:BAJA) which was down 2.52% to 2651.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 946 to 521 and 66 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1519 fell and 1079 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.69% or 5.20 to 312.00. Shares in Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.43% or 4.40 to 311.30.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 7.47% to 16.1925.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.54% or 6.25 to $1155.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.56% or 2.35 to hit $53.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.29% or 2.33 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.02% to 67.463, while EUR/INR rose 0.32% to 71.4899.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 101.41.