Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, IT and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.59% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY), which rose 4.65% or 34.35 points to trade at 773.55 at the close. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK) added 3.67% or 54.75 points to end at 1539.65 and Coal India Ltd (NS:COAL) was up 3.07% or 6.30 points to 211.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which lost 5.81% or 2.60 points to trade at 42.10 in late trade. UPL Ltd (NS:UPLL) declined 1.18% or 7.10 points to end at 591.95 and Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI) shed 1.18% or 2.95 points to 246.45.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 4.76% to 773.40, IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which was up 3.34% to settle at 1540.45 and Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which gained 2.55% to close at 468.85.
The worst performers were Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was down 1.03% to 2191.00 in late trade, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which lost 0.50% to settle at 330.60 and Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was down 0.38% to 3091.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1026 to 534 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1485 rose and 936 declined, while 163 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.40% to 14.2750.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.55% or 8.60 to $1551.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.95 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.15% to 70.840, while EUR/INR fell 0.15% to 78.7560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.215.