Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Green Energy and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.55%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (NS:ARBN), which rose 2.74% or 18.40 points to trade at 690.85 at the close. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) added 2.47% or 17.95 points to end at 745.55 and Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR) was up 2.01% or 5.70 points to 289.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 1.50% or 5.60 points to trade at 368.05 in late trade. NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC) declined 1.50% or 2.70 points to end at 178.35 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) shed 0.70% or 8.00 points to 1125.85.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which rose 2.35% to 2662.00, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which was up 2.16% to settle at 1419.00 and Lupin Ltd (BO:LUPN) which gained 2.15% to close at 837.70.
The worst performers were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which was down 1.36% to 177.50 in late trade, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which lost 0.78% to settle at 178.90 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 0.55% to 915.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 813 to 776 and 27 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1408 rose and 1252 declined, while 146 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 3.47% to 14.1475.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.50 to $1252.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $63.48 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.19% to 64.365, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 75.9054.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.75.