Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.92%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.32% or 14.25 points to trade at 343.80 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) added 3.77% or 32.20 points to end at 885.60 and AXIS Bank Ltd (NS:AXBK) was up 3.04% or 15.80 points to 536.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN), which lost 2.61% or 20.75 points to trade at 773.90 in late trade. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 1.88% or 39.60 points to end at 2069.50 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) shed 1.52% or 52.75 points to 3420.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which rose 3.68% to 885.60, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.82% to settle at 534.95 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 2.52% to close at 595.95.
The worst performers were Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.75% to 2068.85 in late trade, Coal India Ltd (BO:COAL) which lost 1.64% to settle at 267.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.53% to 3427.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 862 to 751 and 46 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1370 rose and 1230 declined, while 149 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.85% to 13.7600.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1314.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.96% or 0.67 to hit $70.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.64 to trade at $75.51 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.51% to 67.162, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 80.0854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.66.