Mumbai, July 29 (TIWN) Led by heavy selling in metal and auto stocks, the Sensex and Nifty resumed their declining trend on Monday after a pause on Friday.

At close, the Sensex was down 196.42 points at 37,686.37, while Nifty was down 95.10 points at 11,189.20. About 797 shares have advanced, 1614 shares declined, and 124 shares are unchanged.   

Indiabulls Housing, Grasim Industries, Tata Motors, Vedanta and Bharti Infratel were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank, TCS and Infosys. 

Except IT all other sectoral indices ended in the red led by auto, metal, infra, pharma, FMCG and energy. BSE Midcap index shed 0.7 percent, while BSE Smallcap index fell 1 percent.