Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.40%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Motors Ltd (NS:TAMO), which rose 7.43% or 16.05 points to trade at 231.75 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 4.89% or 98.50 points to end at 2113.30 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 4.15% or 10.00 points to 250.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which lost 2.61% or 19.55 points to trade at 727.50 in late trade. Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) declined 1.67% or 5.25 points to end at 308.45 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NS:SUN) shed 1.38% or 6.40 points to 458.65.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which rose 7.58% to 111.35, Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was up 7.04% to settle at 231.05 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which gained 4.78% to close at 2110.05.
The worst performers were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which was down 2.83% to 726.65 in late trade, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which lost 1.26% to settle at 458.45 and Yes Bank Ltd (BO:YESB) which was down 0.93% to 265.35 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 903 to 685 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1410 rose and 1100 declined, while 176 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.86% to 21.3875.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.35 to $1289.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.85% or 0.61 to trade at $70.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.31% to 69.385, while EUR/INR rose 0.38% to 78.5030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.472.