Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty declined 1.83%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 1.95%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Bank Of Baroda (NSE:BOB), which rose 1.07% or 1.90 points to trade at 179.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) added 0.95% or 16.90 points to end at 1786.95 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL) was up 0.71% or 5.65 points to 803.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMDC Ltd (NSE:NMDC), which fell 5.09% or 6.80 points to trade at 126.75 at the close. Reliance Industries Ltd (NSE:RELI) declined 4.45% or 41.20 points to end at 885.65 and Hero MotoCorp Limited (NSE:HROM) was down 3.91% or 94.15 points to 2316.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which rose 0.66% to 1044.10, ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was up 0.31% to settle at 311.05 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which lost 0.36% to close at 533.25.
The worst performers were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 4.46% to 885.55 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 3.96% to settle at 2314.70 and Cipla Ltd. (BO:CIPL) which was down 3.03% to 659.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1161 to 269 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 495 fell and 95 advanced.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was up 8.36% to 16.2975 a new 1-month high.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.29% or 3.50 to $1199.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.56% or 0.32 to hit $57.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $63.55 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.52% to 62.875, while EUR/INR fell 0.08% to 67.5600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 98.05.