Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto, Metals and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.30%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which rose 1.54% or 16.50 points to trade at 1088.70 at the close. Meanwhile, AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 0.92% or 5.95 points to end at 651.75 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 0.66% or 3.10 points to 472.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN), which fell 4.98% or 136.60 points to trade at 2615.65 at the close. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (NS:INBF) declined 4.23% or 51.30 points to end at 1161.25 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) was down 3.99% or 26.50 points to 638.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which rose 0.99% to 651.55, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 0.26% to settle at 324.90 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which gained 0.09% to close at 323.75.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 3.72% to 639.50 in late trade, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which lost 3.44% to settle at 223.10 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 3.44% to 940.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1090 to 538 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1639 fell and 1000 advanced, while 163 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 9.45% to 15.2025 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1198.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.62% or 0.42 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.59 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.43% to 72.415, while EUR/INR rose 1.04% to 83.8275.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.30.