India shares lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 1.96%
Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the declined 1.96% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index lost 1.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:), which rose 3.88% or 27.75 points to trade at 742.10 at the close. Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:) added 1.07% or 34.40 points to end at 3261.25 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:) was up 0.99% or 6.45 points to 657.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:), which lost 5.70% or 426.65 points to trade at 7058.30 in late trade. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) declined 5.02% or 7.75 points to end at 146.55 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:) shed 4.73% or 847.50 points to 17073.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:) which rose 3.90% to 742.05, Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.14% to settle at 3263.45 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.99% to close at 194.25.
The worst performers were Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:) which was down 5.74% to 7061.65 in late trade, Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:) which lost 4.69% to settle at 17073.20 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:) which was down 4.42% to 2363.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1529 to 256 and 37 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2419 fell and 883 advanced, while 161 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 17.92% to 17.5200.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.67% or 12.45 to $1839.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $79.08 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.06% to 74.381, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 83.9355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.097.
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