Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 declined 1.27% to hit a new 1-month low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA), which rose 2.05% or 74.70 points to trade at 3,717.20 at the close. Meanwhile, HDFC Bank Ltd (NS:HDBK) added 0.75% or 10.15 points to end at 1,365.75 and ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) was up 0.61% or 4.55 points to 752.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which fell 6.78% or 13.70 points to trade at 188.45 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) declined 6.02% or 23.70 points to end at 369.70 and Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) was down 4.48% or 57.20 points to 1,220.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which rose 0.75% to 1,365.55, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.73% to settle at 752.80 and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which gained 0.28% to close at 2,212.55.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.47% to 1,220.60 in late trade, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 2.76% to settle at 1,270.95 and NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 2.68% to 155.95 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1479 to 387 and 32 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2406 fell and 1008 advanced, while 137 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 15.83% to 21.26.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.16% or 22.35 to $1,911.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 4.36% or 4.45 to hit $97.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.23% or 4.49 to trade at $101.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.30% to 76.71, while EUR/INR fell 0.32% to 82.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 101.68.