Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.51% to hit a new 6-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 4.54% or 6.00 points to trade at 138.05 at the close. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (NS:APSE) added 4.38% or 8.95 points to end at 213.25 and Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) was up 4.13% or 12.05 points to 303.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which lost 2.95% or 7.45 points to trade at 244.90 in late trade. Bosch Ltd (NS:BOSH) declined 1.92% or 435.30 points to end at 22249.00 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NS:REDY) shed 1.41% or 49.10 points to 3435.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which rose 4.66% to 138.05, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was up 3.43% to settle at 232.05 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 2.97% to close at 247.55.
The worst performers were ITC Ltd (BO:ITC) which was down 2.97% to 244.85 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 1.21% to settle at 3435.05 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.71% to 891.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 968 to 477 and 67 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1079 rose and 543 declined, while 49 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.02% to 15.5775.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 1.04% or 13.95 to $1352.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $50.52 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.09% to 67.250, while EUR/INR rose 0.03% to 74.8920.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.73.