Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Technology and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.44%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Britannia Industries Ltd (NS:BRIT), which rose 3.47% or 100.70 points to trade at 2994.30 at the close. Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) added 2.41% or 18.10 points to end at 768.20 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was up 2.17% or 47.35 points to 2231.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL), which lost 3.26% or 13.15 points to trade at 389.65 in late trade. Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB) declined 2.43% or 3.40 points to end at 135.90 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) shed 2.22% or 5.90 points to 259.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.39% to 2231.10, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was up 1.93% to settle at 753.60 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 1.60% to close at 362.45.
The worst performers were Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 2.89% to 135.90 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.92% to settle at 166.15 and Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which was down 1.89% to 260.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1035 to 568 and 63 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1578 fell and 928 advanced, while 167 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.79% to 14.9750 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.04% or 13.95 to $1332.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $54.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.26% to 69.573, while EUR/INR rose 0.14% to 78.6805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 96.782.