Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Auto and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.10% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (NS:PGRD), which rose 3.41% or 6.90 points to trade at 209.10 at the close. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) added 3.36% or 16.45 points to end at 505.35 and Housing Development Finance Corp. (NS:HDFC) was up 3.29% or 50.95 points to 1598.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tech Mahindra Limited (NS:TEML), which lost 11.58% or 49.70 points to trade at 379.45 in late trade. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) declined 11.46% or 65.05 points to end at 502.60 and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) shed 5.80% or 20.20 points to 327.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Housing Development Finance Corp. (BO:HDFC) which rose 3.29% to 1598.80, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 3.07% to settle at 1072.70 and POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA (BO:PGRD) which gained 2.76% to close at 208.45.
The worst performers were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was down 11.56% to 502.85 in late trade, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (BO:APSE) which lost 5.38% to settle at 328.30 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 2.16% to 314.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1151 to 413 and 9 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1777 fell and 837 advanced, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.52% to 11.7875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.81 to $1267.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.52% or 0.26 to hit $49.54 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.27 to trade at $52.24 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.09% to 64.480, while EUR/INR fell 0.03% to 72.1208.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.27.