Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.23%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.94% or 17.80 points to trade at 622.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Coal India Limited (NS:COAL) added 1.23% or 4.05 points to end at 332.45 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.15% or 6.05 points to 530.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which fell 4.22% or 11.00 points to trade at 249.55 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO) declined 3.21% or 17.75 points to end at 535.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was down 3.21% or 8.70 points to 262.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which rose 1.19% to 332.65, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 0.58% to settle at 1109.35 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 0.33% to close at 3191.45.
The worst performers were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 3.84% to 250.50 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 3.22% to settle at 535.55 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.16% to 263.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1025 to 460 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1630 fell and 1016 advanced, while 205 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) rose to all time highs; up 2.94% or 17.80 to 622.45. Shares in Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.58% or 6.40 to 1109.35.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.95% to 14.5650.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1341.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.24% or 0.55 to hit $45.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 0.71 to trade at $47.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 66.650, while EUR/INR rose 0.12% to 74.9680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.26.