© Reuters. India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.04%
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 fell 0.04%, while the index fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Cipla Ltd. (NS:), which rose 2.39% or 28.00 points to trade at 1,198.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Adani Enterprises Ltd (NS:) added 2.31% or 50.20 points to end at 2,225.45 and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (NS:) was up 1.94% or 71.50 points to 3,760.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wipro Ltd (NS:), which fell 1.61% or 6.50 points to trade at 396.00 at the close. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:) declined 1.55% or 85.25 points to end at 5,408.70 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) was down 1.55% or 54.25 points to 3,454.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Axis Bank Ltd. (BO:) which rose 0.91% to 1,008.15, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:) which was up 0.68% to settle at 1,532.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:) which gained 0.66% to close at 929.15.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:) which was down 1.55% to 1,308.50 in late trade, Wipro Ltd (BO:) which lost 1.54% to settle at 395.95 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:) which was down 1.46% to 3,457.60 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.13% to 11.33.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 11.25 to $2,014.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.81% or 1.37 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 1.30 to trade at $79.18 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 83.41, while EUR/INR rose 0.18% to 91.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.24.
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