Investing.com – India stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Public Sector Undertakings and Real Estate sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Durables, Technology and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.01%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which rose 3.12% or 10.55 points to trade at 349.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:DIVI) added 1.98% or 64.75 points to end at 3,338.80 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 1.55% or 3.55 points to 232.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which fell 1.86% or 59.95 points to trade at 3,167.00 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.41% or 22.10 points to end at 1,547.20 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was down 1.18% or 30.80 points to 2,584.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.18% to 111.75, Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was up 1.13% to settle at 20,476.30 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which gained 1.02% to close at 4,453.00.
The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN) which was down 1.94% to 3,164.75 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.39% to settle at 1,547.10 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.24% to 2,583.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1028 to 886 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1738 rose and 1726 declined, while 189 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.19% to 13.32 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.44% or 7.90 to $1,802.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.56% or 0.40 to hit $70.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.49 to trade at $75.61 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 82.52, while EUR/INR rose 0.43% to 87.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.41.