Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Capital Goods and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which rose 3.45% or 12.05 points to trade at 362.00 at the close. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) added 1.90% or 28.05 points to end at 1508.90 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.23% or 77.05 points to 3532.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK), which lost 3.84% or 20.70 points to trade at 517.30 in late trade. Reliance Industries Ltd (NS:RELI) declined 3.29% or 32.80 points to end at 963.30 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 2.96% or 22.35 points to 729.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which rose 3.90% to 362.05, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was up 2.34% to settle at 1509.05 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 2.22% to close at 3531.40.
The worst performers were AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was down 3.87% to 518.05 in late trade, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which lost 3.18% to settle at 963.10 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was down 1.25% to 284.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 866 to 739 and 47 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1365 rose and 1224 declined, while 131 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 2.87% to 12.3625.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.48% or 6.30 to $1317.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.13% or 0.77 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.81 to trade at $72.98 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.20% to 66.490, while EUR/INR fell 0.47% to 80.4242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 91.59.