India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.43% By Investing.com

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 0.43%, while the index lost 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:), which rose 2.95% or 22.30 points to trade at 778.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) added 1.94% or 59.45 points to end at 3,124.35 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:) was up 1.22% or 6.45 points to 533.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:), which fell 3.77% or 15.55 points to trade at 396.60 at the close. Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:) declined 2.84% or 22.20 points to end at 758.70 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (NS:) was down 2.09% or 54.95 points to 2,570.00.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 2.76% to 776.75, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was up 1.84% to settle at 3,121.20 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:) which gained 0.94% to close at 8,865.55.

The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.99% to 3,278.20 in late trade, Titan Company Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.86% to settle at 2,679.60 and ITC Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.80% to 327.95 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1215 to 639 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2025 fell and 1385 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.31% to 19.62.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.33% or 22.80 to $1,686.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.37% or 0.34 to hit $92.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.53 to trade at $97.39 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.61% to 82.31, while EUR/INR fell 1.05% to 79.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 113.04.