Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 1.39%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML), which rose 5.14% or 72.55 points to trade at 1483.20 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) added 4.25% or 21.15 points to end at 518.45 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) was up 3.92% or 15.00 points to 397.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which lost 3.41% or 30.80 points to trade at 872.75 in late trade. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM) declined 2.19% or 41.65 points to end at 1856.65 and UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) shed 1.79% or 14.15 points to 776.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which rose 5.01% to 1481.15, Wipro Ltd (BO:WIPR) which was up 3.70% to settle at 572.65 and Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which gained 3.22% to close at 15689.85.
The worst performers were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was down 3.51% to 871.85 in late trade, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which lost 2.14% to settle at 1857.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.38% to 2274.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 995 to 851 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1782 rose and 1649 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 6.08% to 21.9525.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.22% or 3.90 to $1788.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.98% or 0.85 to hit $87.67 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.86 to trade at $89.38 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.48% to 74.684, while EUR/INR fell 0.18% to 83.4610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 97.037.