Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.73%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 2.21% or 21.80 points to trade at 1008.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) added 1.09% or 5.00 points to end at 463.75 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) was up 1.05% or 15.10 points to 1452.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cairn India Limited (NS:CAIL), which fell 4.59% or 6.70 points to trade at 139.30 at the close. Idea Cellular Ltd (NS:IDEA) declined 3.53% or 3.65 points to end at 99.85 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NS:ICBK) was down 3.50% or 8.85 points to 243.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which rose 0.70% to 3086.20, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.60% to settle at 746.05 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which gained 0.49% to close at 370.90.
The worst performers were ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which was down 3.38% to 244.10 in late trade, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which lost 3.33% to settle at 323.80 and Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 2.83% to 444.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 900 to 544 and 58 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 960 fell and 623 advanced, while 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) rose to all time highs; rising 1.09% or 5.00 to 463.75.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.84% to 16.5825.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.91% or 11.55 to $1287.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.22% or 0.60 to hit $48.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.51 to trade at $50.03 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.24% to 67.110, while EUR/INR rose 0.45% to 75.6860.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.57.