India Stock Market Update

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%.

Best Performers

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

Worst Performers

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

BSE Sensex 30 Performers

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

Worst performers:
– Asian Paints Ltd (BO:ASPN): down 8.21% to 2,542.00.
– Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN): lost 1.95% to settle at 6,765.00.
– Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (BO:MAHM): down 1.94% to 2,921.50.

Market Overview

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

Shares in Asian Paints Ltd. fell to 3-year lows, dropping 8.17% or 226.35 to 2,543.10 in NSE and 8.21% to 2,542.00 in BSE.

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

Commodity Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery: down 0.66% or 17.90 to $2,676.90 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for December: fell 1.41% or 0.99 to hit $69.39 a barrel.
• January Brent oil: fell 1.18% or 0.87 to trade at $73.00 a barrel.

Currency Update

• USD/INR: down 0.01% to 84.37.
• EUR/INR: fell 0.34% to 90.15.
• US Dollar Index Futures: up 0.31% at 105.21.