Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Capital Goods and Green Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.57%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL), which rose 4.49% or 12.65 points to trade at 294.65 at the close. Meanwhile, TATA STEEL LIMITED (NS:TISC) added 3.57% or 7.95 points to end at 230.60 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) was up 3.53% or 119.60 points to 3509.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coal India Limited (NS:COAL), which fell 2.06% or 6.95 points to trade at 330.75 at the close. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 1.87% or 20.60 points to end at 1080.20 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 1.58% or 12.60 points to 784.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which rose 4.62% to 294.65, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 3.44% to settle at 229.80 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which gained 3.43% to close at 3500.50.
The worst performers were Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which was down 1.94% to 331.10 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 1.84% to settle at 1080.20 and Tata Power Co. Ltd (BO:TTPW) which was down 1.54% to 67.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 785 to 663 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 421 rose and 371 declined, while 8 ended unchanged.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.27% to 17.8775.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.05% or 11.30 to $1092.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.24% or 0.51 to hit $41.24 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.34 to trade at $44.81 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.11% to 66.025, while EUR/INR fell 0.47% to 70.7950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 99.22.