Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Real Estate and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Banking and Green Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 0.14%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Larsen & Toubro Limited (NSE:LART), which rose 3.09% or 51.10 points to trade at 1705.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries Ltd (NSE:RELI) added 2.88% or 25.25 points to end at 902.25 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) was up 2.57% or 97.15 points to 3882.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NSE:SUN), which fell 9.16% or 88.45 points to trade at 877.65 at the close. HCL Technologies Ltd (NSE:HCLT) declined 3.71% or 37.45 points to end at 973.30 and Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) was down 2.25% or 41.20 points to 1792.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which rose 3.03% to 1705.50, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 2.76% to settle at 901.35 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which gained 2.31% to close at 879.70.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 8.99% to 878.95 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BO:BRTI) which lost 2.12% to settle at 416.30 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.96% to 472.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 815 to 624 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 415 fell and 313 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI) rose to all time highs; up 2.57% or 97.15 to 3882.85.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 1.53% to 16.9125.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1185.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.17% or 0.70 to hit $59.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.74 to trade at $64.82 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.04% to 63.721, while EUR/INR fell 0.65% to 69.6160.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 97.40.