Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, Power and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.37% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Grasim Industries Ltd (NS:GRAS), which rose 3.09% or 65.00 points to trade at 2,170.65 at the close. Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS) added 2.71% or 42.70 points to end at 1,618.60 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (NS:BAJA) was up 2.26% or 188.50 points to 8,513.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 4.26% or 20.45 points to trade at 459.55 in late trade. Larsen & Toubro Ltd (NS:LART) declined 1.35% or 45.60 points to end at 3,341.15 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) shed 1.29% or 7.00 points to 536.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 2.83% to 1,620.15, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was up 2.00% to settle at 1,142.20 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.88% to close at 1,042.00.
The worst performers were Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.45% to 535.25 in late trade, Larsen & Toubro Ltd (BO:LART) which lost 1.45% to settle at 3,339.95 and LTIMindtree Ltd (BO:LTIM) which was down 1.23% to 5,513.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1308 to 862 and 48 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2318 rose and 1504 declined, while 132 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.22% to 16.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 7.25 to $2,031.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.94% or 0.74 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.79 to trade at $82.68 a barrel.
USD/INR was unchanged 0.00% to 83.02, while EUR/INR fell 0.01% to 89.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.13.