Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Banking and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.15% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (NS:BJFS), which rose 3.33% or 59.45 points to trade at 1,842.50 at the close. Bajaj Finance Ltd (NS:BJFN) added 3.05% or 219.85 points to end at 7,420.00 and HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT) was up 2.67% or 46.75 points to 1,800.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which lost 2.55% or 17.85 points to trade at 683.50 in late trade. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (NS:REDY) declined 2.32% or 163.35 points to end at 6,868.00 and Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO) shed 1.67% or 18.55 points to 1,092.80.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BO:BJFS) which rose 3.26% to 1,840.50, Bajaj Finance Ltd (BO:BJFN) which was up 2.77% to settle at 7,405.90 and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which gained 2.72% to close at 1,799.75.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 1.51% to 1,092.60 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 1.45% to settle at 410.35 and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was down 1.18% to 2,773.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1492 to 997 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2191 fell and 1691 advanced, while 138 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 5.17% to 14.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 5.80 to $2,533.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $76.84 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.04% to 83.93, while EUR/INR rose 0.25% to 92.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.59.