Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 1.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index lost 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 1.79% or 130.80 points to trade at 7,429.15 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 0.79% or 7.45 points to end at 946.90 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 0.54% or 18.75 points to 3,470.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 8.09% or 38.95 points to trade at 442.65 in late trade. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 4.47% or 6.18 points to end at 132.18 and Trent Ltd (NS:TREN) down 4.23% or 309.35 points to 6,998.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 0.77% to 3,475.65, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.01% to settle at 1,849.30 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 0.03% to close at 1,689.35.
The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.37% to 132.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.65% to settle at 327.45 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.32% to 1,778.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 2088 to 209 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3303 fell and 631 advanced, while 113 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
Shares in Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.79% or 130.80 to 7,429.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 14.83% to 15.55 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.43% or 11.29 to $2,643.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.99 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $76.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 85.82, while EUR/INR rose 0.48% to 88.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 108.46.