India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.64%
Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 0.64%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:ADEL), which rose 7.57% or 182.40 points to trade at 2,592.35 at the close. Meanwhile, HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) added 1.95% or 36.95 points to end at 1,928.95 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.71% or 29.20 points to 1,740.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which fell 2.64% or 16.30 points to trade at 601.10 at the close. Bharat Electronics Ltd (NS:BAJE) declined 2.45% or 7.15 points to end at 284.90 and Trent Ltd (NS:TREN) was down 2.30% or 163.95 points to 6,954.35.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which rose 1.30% to 1,916.20, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 1.16% to settle at 1,731.70 and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which gained 0.77% to close at 960.85.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.94% to 736.00 in late trade, JSW Steel Ltd (BO:JSTL) which lost 1.65% to settle at 898.00 and Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 1.57% to 3,258.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1776 to 762 and 147 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2495 fell and 1433 advanced, while 143 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.53% to 13.97.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 6.81 to $2,625.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $70.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $73.63 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.15% to 85.52, while EUR/INR fell 0.06% to 89.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 107.70.