Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumer Durables and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.58%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (NS:APSE), which rose 3.49% or 31.65 points to trade at 938.50 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) added 2.22% or 57.70 points to end at 2,661.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 2.08% or 23.45 points to 1,150.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL), which lost 2.57% or 6.10 points to trade at 231.50 in late trade. Shree Cements Ltd. (NS:SHCM) declined 1.51% or 370.50 points to end at 24,135.10 and Nestle India Ltd (NS:NEST) shed 0.85% or 161.15 points to 18,890.10.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 2.39% to 2,664.95, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which was up 2.08% to settle at 801.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 2.05% to close at 1,149.65.
The worst performers were Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (BO:HDFC) which was down 0.43% to 2,421.00 in late trade, HDFC Bank Ltd (BO:HDBK) which lost 0.40% to settle at 1,492.20 and Nestle India Ltd (BO:NEST) which was down 0.33% to 18,972.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1155 to 716 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2074 rose and 1358 declined, while 171 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.24% to 17.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 8.95 to $1,737.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.04% or 0.90 to hit $87.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 1.06 to trade at $93.90 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.12% to 79.56, while EUR/INR rose 0.88% to 80.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 107.97.