Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Carbon and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.12%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI), which rose 3.93% or 103.40 points to trade at 2,737.00 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) added 3.32% or 3.70 points to end at 115.30 and JSW Steel Ltd (NS:JSTL) was up 2.91% or 22.95 points to 811.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which lost 3.08% or 35.60 points to trade at 1,122.00 in late trade. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 2.93% or 92.00 points to end at 3,052.00 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) shed 2.11% or 5.40 points to 250.05.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which rose 3.78% to 2,735.15, Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was up 3.36% to settle at 115.35 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.56% to close at 884.65.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 3.20% to 3,044.10 in late trade, HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which lost 2.85% to settle at 1,124.10 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.17% to 250.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1202 to 780 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2117 fell and 1436 advanced, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.61% to 11.46.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 4.15 to $1,928.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.55 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.50 to trade at $77.97 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.01% to 82.61, while EUR/INR rose 0.41% to 90.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 102.09.