Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Banking and Metals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 2.12% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 2.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P CNX Nifty were TATA STEEL LIMITED (NSE:TISC), which rose 6.01% or 12.75 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. Tata Motors Ltd . (NSE:TAMO) added 5.84% or 17.40 points to end at 315.15 and ICICI Bank Ltd . (NSE:ICBK) was up 5.19% or 13.85 points to 280.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (NSE:MRTI), which lost 3.63% or 166.30 points to trade at 4414.05 in late trade. Lupin Ltd (NSE:LUPN) declined 1.24% or 26.20 points to end at 2082.65 and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (NSE:REDY) shed 1.24% or 52.70 points to 4180.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which rose 6.13% to 315.20, TATA STEEL LIMITED (BO:TISC) which was up 5.82% to settle at 224.50 and ICICI Bank Ltd. (BO:ICBK) which gained 4.90% to close at 280.45.
The worst performers were Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which was down 3.59% to 4415.45 in late trade, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (BO:REDY) which lost 1.13% to settle at 4182.20 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which was down 0.55% to 810.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1129 to 298 and 15 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 599 rose and 165 declined, while 3 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of S&P CNX Nifty options, was down 0.56% to 19.1275.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.50 to $1132.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.16% or 0.53 to hit $46.07 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.60 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.12% to 65.281, while EUR/INR rose 0.26% to 73.4660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 95.78.