Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Green Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.21% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 3.95% or 57.75 points to trade at 1519.40 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.58% or 220.60 points to end at 6377.15 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) was up 2.65% or 20.65 points to 799.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NS:MRTI), which lost 2.50% or 175.35 points to trade at 6826.85 in late trade. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) declined 2.26% or 600.40 points to end at 26000.00 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) shed 2.02% or 77.30 points to 3748.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 3.96% to 1519.15, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 3.64% to settle at 6376.35 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which gained 2.64% to close at 799.30.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 2.43% to 6828.80 in late trade, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which lost 2.05% to settle at 3748.35 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.00% to 180.95 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1220 to 493 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2057 fell and 1081 advanced, while 119 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.60% to 13.4575.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.95 to $1777.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.33% or 0.91 to hit $67.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.84 to trade at $69.75 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 74.165, while EUR/INR fell 0.20% to 87.3885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.567.