Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.08%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 3.28% or 23.00 points to trade at 723.90 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.22% or 106.05 points to end at 3396.00 and Bank Of Baroda (NS:BOB) was up 3.19% or 4.70 points to 151.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS), which lost 3.03% or 78.10 points to trade at 2495.85 in late trade. Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) declined 2.37% or 28.35 points to end at 1166.20 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) shed 1.92% or 8.60 points to 439.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which rose 3.65% to 122.20, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which was up 3.04% to settle at 3246.00 and State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which gained 2.77% to close at 217.10.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 2.93% to 2495.35 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 2.37% to settle at 1166.25 and Wipro Ltd. (BO:WIPR) which was down 1.23% to 549.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1150 to 294 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1185 rose and 408 declined, while 48 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.52% to 18.5300.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.78% or 10.25 to $1332.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.27 to hit $47.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $48.77 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.13% to 67.971, while EUR/INR fell 0.70% to 74.8790.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 96.47.