Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 3.16% or 28.85 points to trade at 941.00 at the close. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (NS:IOC) added 2.92% or 12.50 points to end at 440.70 and NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) was up 2.40% or 4.05 points to 173.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY), which lost 1.83% or 38.15 points to trade at 2050.00 in late trade. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (NS:PGRD) declined 1.65% or 3.65 points to end at 217.30 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.26% or 4.85 points to 379.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 3.14% to 941.15, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was up 2.10% to settle at 172.70 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 1.96% to close at 492.75.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 2.01% to 2045.95 in late trade, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which lost 1.25% to settle at 379.20 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 1.00% to 217.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1038 to 503 and 22 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1578 rose and 940 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.54% to 12.6400.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.57 to $1302.47 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $47.36 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $51.99 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 63.880, while EUR/INR fell 0.13% to 76.2573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.36.