India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.11%

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals , Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Auto sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.11%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD ), which rose 4.28% or 13.55 points to trade at 329.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Trent Ltd (NS:TREN ) added 2.89% or 181.75 points to end at 6,480.70 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY ) was up 1.65% or 30.15 points to 1,860.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN ), which fell 8.17% or 226.35 points to trade at 2,543.10 at the close. Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT ) declined 5.44% or 312.50 points to end at 5,434.65 and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH ) was down 3.58% or 265.95 points to 7,155.45.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD ) which rose 4.33% to 330.10, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY ) which was up 1.57% to settle at 1,859.85 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT ) which gained 1.49% to close at 1,865.00.

The worst performers were Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN ) which was down 8.21% to 2,542.00 in late trade, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN ) which lost 1.95% to settle at 6,765.00 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM ) which was down 1.94% to 2,921.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1792 to 701 and 152 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2461 fell and 1441 advanced, while 112 ended unchanged.

Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 8.17% or 226.35 to 2,543.10. Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. (BO:ASPN ) fell to 3-years lows; down 8.21% or 227.25 to 2,542.00.

The India VIX , which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.75% to 14.22.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.66% or 17.90 to $2,676.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.41% or 0.99 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.87 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.01% to 84.37, while EUR/INR fell 0.34% to 90.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 105.21.

Source: Investing.com