Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Metals and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.61%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were NTPC Ltd (NS:NTPC), which rose 7.47% or 6.60 points to trade at 95.00 at the close. Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS:EICH) added 4.79% or 965.85 points to end at 21110.00 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (NS:ZEE) was up 4.71% or 7.60 points to 168.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included State Bank Of India (NS:SBI), which lost 1.55% or 3.05 points to trade at 193.45 in late trade. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS:BRTI) declined 1.47% or 7.75 points to end at 520.85 and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) shed 1.28% or 5.30 points to 407.95.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which rose 7.92% to 95.40, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BO:BAJA) which was up 4.27% to settle at 3115.35 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which gained 3.62% to close at 721.10.
The worst performers were State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was down 1.73% to 193.05 in late trade, Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO:BRTI) which lost 1.42% to settle at 521.40 and Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was down 1.07% to 2091.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1021 to 590 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1547 rose and 1058 declined, while 154 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 1.68% to 21.3075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 12.55 to $1962.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.14% or 0.06 to hit $41.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.14 to trade at $44.66 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.03% to 74.855, while EUR/INR rose 0.06% to 88.7025.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.977.