Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Power and Consumer Durables sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.09%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 3.13% or 5.65 points to trade at 186.35 at the close. AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) added 2.60% or 14.20 points to end at 559.40 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 1.99% or 11.20 points to 575.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL), which lost 1.53% or 6.60 points to trade at 423.70 in late trade. Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE) declined 1.24% or 5.00 points to end at 399.50 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) shed 1.29% or 13.00 points to 998.75.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 3.13% to 186.05, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.73% to settle at 559.65 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 1.41% to close at 183.45.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 1.23% to 997.50 in late trade, Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which lost 1.06% to settle at 466.45 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.89% to 421.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 925 to 644 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1549 rose and 1115 declined, while 147 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 3.57% to 13.0300.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.95 to $1293.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.63% or 0.37 to hit $58.58 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $63.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 64.584, while EUR/INR fell 0.12% to 77.0775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.62.