NEW DELHI: India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 1.10% to hit a new 3-months low, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI), which rose 3.02% or 107.00 points to trade at 3648.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Sesa Sterlite Ltd (NSE:SESA) added 2.49% or 5.10 points to end at 210.00 and Wipro Ltd. (NSE:WIPR) was up 2.03% or 10.60 points to 533.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NSE:BPCL), which fell 6.18% or 48.20 points to trade at 732.30 at the close. DLF LIMITED (NSE:DLF) declined 5.42% or 7.10 points to end at 123.95 and Cairn India Limited (NSE:CAIL) was down 4.66% or 10.20 points to 208.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which rose 3.02% to 3646.70, Sesa Sterlite Ltd (BO:SESA) which was up 2.37% to settle at 209.90 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which gained 1.91% to close at 533.10.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 3.08% to 267.15 in late trade, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 3.01% to settle at 3380.95 and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 2.87% to 226.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1204 to 217 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 499 fell and 89 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 1.94% to 18.7350.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.57% or 6.70 to $1181.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.28 to trade at $65.00 a barrel.
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