Investing.com – India equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Consumer Durables and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Real Estate, Oil & Gas and Fast Moving Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.02%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC), which rose 1.59% or 8.15 points to trade at 521.05 at the close. Vedanta Ltd (NS:VDAN) added 1.38% or 2.75 points to end at 202.20 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 1.07% or 7.65 points to 723.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bharti Infratel Ltd (NS:BHRI), which lost 1.56% or 4.10 points to trade at 259.00 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.34% or 4.25 points to end at 312.50 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) shed 1.09% or 2.80 points to 253.25.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which rose 1.59% to 521.85, Vedanta Ltd (BO:VDAN) which was up 1.48% to settle at 202.35 and Tata Motors Ltd DVR (BO:TAMdv) which gained 1.47% to close at 93.30.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which was down 1.04% to 312.90 in late trade, AXIS Bank Ltd. (BO:AXBK) which lost 0.87% to settle at 619.80 and Hero MotoCorp Ltd (BO:HROM) which was down 0.78% to 3105.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 951 to 649 and 69 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1475 rose and 1056 declined, while 158 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 4.78% to 16.0000.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.50 to $1285.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.06% or 0.48 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 0.73 to trade at $53.94 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.10% to 69.856, while EUR/INR fell 0.10% to 79.9475.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.817.