Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the lost 2.70% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index lost 2.74%.
The best performers of the session on the were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:), which rose 1.09% or 29.45 points to trade at 2,722.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nestle India Ltd (NS:) added 0.78% or 19.40 points to end at 2,514.50 and Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) was up 0.70% or 8.35 points to 1,202.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which fell 7.40% or 81.20 points to trade at 1,015.45 at the close. Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:) declined 6.10% or 20.15 points to end at 309.95 and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:) was down 5.86% or 93.00 points to 1,495.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:) which rose 0.97% to 2,719.70, Nestle India Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.75% to settle at 2,513.00 and Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which lost 0.52% to close at 3,090.75.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:) which was down 7.38% to 1,015.90 in late trade, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:) which lost 5.53% to settle at 149.45 and State Bank Of India (BO:) which was down 4.43% to 810.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2315 to 183 and 16 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3270 fell and 637 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 42.63% to 20.42 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 8.20 to $2,461.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.90% or 1.40 to hit $72.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 1.31 to trade at $75.50 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.37% to 84.08, while EUR/INR rose 0.69% to 92.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 102.40.
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